Seeing robots made with soft, flexible parts in action appears to lower people's anxiety about working with them or even being replaced by them. A study found that watching videos of a soft robot ...

Pop culture has often depicted robots as cold, metallic, and menacing, built for domination, not compassion. But at Georgia ...

Researchers have developed miniature magnetic robots that mimic fish behavior, working together as coordinated swarms to ...

Think of actuators as the robot’s muscles —the technology that enables humanoids to move. Actuators come in three types: ...

This dual cross-linking design lets the muscle switch stiffness on demand. In lab tests, its stiffness jumps from about 213 ...

Robots that can sense touch and perceive temperature differences? An unexpected material might just make this a reality. Researchers are developing soft and intelligent sensor materials based on ...

The 2004 sci-fi action flick I, Robot (streaming now on Peacock) features Will Smith as Del Spooner, a Chicago detective in the year 2035. It’s a loose adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s robot stories, ...

A group of researchers in South Korea has developed soft robots that can self-destruct and dissolve into residue, leaving minimal traces behind. It is a significant advancement in the robotic field.

A flattened, almost completely transparent object moves slowly through the water. In its appearance, the colorless structure somewhat resembles an eel larva—and for good reason: this marine robot was ...