Researchers at Georgia Tech recently unveiled an impressive achievement: a 5-inch-long soft robot that can catapult itself 10 ...

Although soft robotics — unlike traditional rigid robots — are composed of flexible materials that mimic the movement of ...

Researchers at North Carolina State University have created a soft robot that moves in a ... (C) Snapshots of the crawling robot in one cycle of actuation for reverse locomotion.

Researchers have developed a soft robot capable of crawling like a worm, climbing cables, and rapidly changing shape to shift directions—all powered by a single air input. Soft robots are ...

The team designed the Leafbot's structure using a soft monolithic silicone rubber with curved projections at the base to replicate limbs for crawling. The body of the soft robot was then attached ...

Soft robotics, unlike traditional rigid robots ... such as bending, twisting or crawling, without onboard power or physical connections such as wires. A major hurdle in developing this technology ...

Soft robotics, unlike traditional rigid robots ... By adjusting the field’s strength and direction, researchers can control the robots’ movements, such as bending, twisting or crawling, without ...

More practically, the new jellyfish-bots highlight a technique that uses pre-stressed polymers to make soft robots more powerful. This video shows the jellyfish-bot, as well as a crawling robot ...

The researchers are testing millimetre-scale electrostatic actuators, inspired by the spatial arrangement of insect muscles, to stand in for conventional electromagnetic actuators in soft robots.

To create a safer, more practical robot, Professor Ryan Truby and his team developed a soft, flexible actuator that enables robots to move by expanding and contracting—just like a human muscle. To ...