China has more industrial robots than the rest of the world combined, but newer, more flexible robots are keeping smaller U.S. manufacturers in the fight.

HydroSpread, a breakthrough fabrication method, lets scientists build ultrathin soft robots directly on water. These tiny, ...

The first robot, dubbed the HydroFlexor, can paddle across water with fin-like motions, while the second robot, dubbed the ...

For billions of years, nature has been the world’s master engineer. Natural evolution has created impressive, sometimes ...

Picture a robot controlled by micromotors so small and light that it suspends itself over water like a bug. With engineers at ...

Nos. 3 and 2 on the list are welding (25.30%) and bending (28.51%), respectively. The fact that slightly more respondents said bending was their greatest automation need is significant.

Using innovative mobile micro-factories, Cosmic aims to reduce construction time and costs by up to 30%, while exceeding ...

Could the future of rescue missions and exploration lie in the hands—or rather, the flexible movements—of a swarm of ...

(A) FEA-based numerical simulation to optimize the actuator’s geometry and actuation parameters. (B) Using FFF technology, the molds are printed in rigid material and the sacrificial cores are in a ...

Scientists have made considerable progress with soft robots used for assistive wearables, rehabilitative technologies and more. Powered by compressed air, they offer advantages over regular robots ...

A research paper by scientists at the University of Coimbra proposed a soft robotic hand that composed of soft actuator cores and an exoskeleton, featuring a multimaterial design aided by finite ...