A soft robotic system uses liquid crystal elastomers to merge shape shifting, gripping, and color change, demonstrating fully integrated motion and optical feedback within a single flexible material. ...

As the need for gentle, shape-adaptive handling of fragile matter grows, conventional rigid and silicone-based grippers still struggle to grasp ultra-soft foods, biological tissues or curved devices ...

Microrobots navigating bloodstream to reach and treat clots show 95 % success in lab tests, potentially transforming stroke ...

Isekai (“another world”) is a genre notorious for junk, simply because of the sheer influx of shows of the kind that ...

Like the original, there are four game pieces, but now they're Hello Kitty, My Melody, Kuromi, and Cinnamoroll. You can race ...

A new 3-D printing technique can create paper-thin "magnetic muscles," which can be applied to origami structures to make them move. By infusing rubber-like elastomers with materials called ...

The first units are expected to ship to customers in the US in 2026. There is a $499 monthly subscription alternative to the $20,000 full purchase price, although it will be available at an ...

Manufactured using digital light processing (DLP) additive techniques, the lattice serves as a bionic musculoskeletal ...

A squishy robotic "eye" can focus automatically in response to light, without any external power. The ultrapowerful robotic lens is sensitive enough to distinguish hairs on an ant's leg or the lobes ...

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