Researchers at UC Santa Barbara and TU Dresden are pioneering a new approach to robotics by creating a collective of small robots that function like a smart material. According to Matthew Devlin, a ...

The latest robot, introduced in a paper published in the Journal of Bionic Engineering, is designed using piezoelectric materials – a class of materials that generate an electric charge when exposed ...

Startups from outside the UK are also contributing. Denmark’s Pliantics will create soft linear actuators, which will serve ...

Anyone eager to roll up their sleeves and dive into robotics and AI, the SunFounder PiDog Robot Dog Kit offers an exciting ...

A robotic material inspired by science fiction, able to shapeshift and carry many times its own weight has been brought to ...

MIT scientists are designing robotic insects that could one day swarm out of mechanical hives and perform pollination at a rapid pace — ensuring fruits and vegetables are grown at an unprecedented ...

More than 2 million adults living in the United States rely on a caregiver's assistance to eat daily meals. In addition to ...

Combining lab-grown muscle tissue with a series of flexible mechanical joints has led to ... shows the way forward for a new kind of robotics with a range of potential applications.