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Vine-inspired soft robot achieves gentle closed-loop lifting

It is not every day that a robot takes its cues from the quiet persistence of a climbing vine; still, that’s exactly where ...
An elephant's trunk is both strong and capable of extremely fine motor movements. With this muscular, boneless structure, an ...
Soft robots have a “cardiovascular” problem. While their bodies can deform and bend, their hearts, the pumps that keep them ...
Picture a surgical robot that can move, cut tissue, release drugs, grip and store samples, and wirelessly generate heat. You ...
From cells that migrate to tissues that heal, nature abounds with systems capable of sensing and adapting to their surroundings. Replicating this level of adaptability in synthetic systems has ...
A groundbreaking soft robotic heart could transform treatment for end-stage heart failure, bringing us closer than ever to fully functional, biocompatible artificial organs. Study: A soft robotic ...
In the Soft Robotics Lab at ETH Zurich, robotic hands are being completely reinvented. Instead of rigid, motor-driven joints, ...
An octopus-inspired soft robotic arm that is capable of sensing contact, estimating the intensity and direction of the applied force, and grasping objects autonomously, even in complex environments ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm a senior tech contributor who writes about science and technology MIT CSAIL researchers have developed a new system that ...
Smith+Nephew (LSE: SN, NYSE: SNN), the global medical technology company, announces the completion of the first clinical ...