Roboticists have designed a soft robot that can save you from a disaster zone.

The field of soft robotics aims to develop soft, compliant robots to interact with humans or to perform autonomous tasks. In this issue, our collection of ...

HONG KONG, Dec. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Wisson Robotics, a global pioneer in general-purpose soft robotics, will debut at CES 2025 with its Pliabot® technology, a revolutionary commercial and ...

Robots come in a vast array of shapes and sizes. By definition, they're machines that perform automatic tasks and can be ...

Seeing robots made with soft, flexible parts in action appears to lower people's anxiety about working with them or even being replaced by them. A study found that watching videos of a soft robot ...

A newly developed robot is capable of performing soft-tissue surgery, and indeed performed better on tests than a human surgeon.

Currently there are many humanoid robots that don't use soft robotics technologies, but to make them more human-friendly and dramatically improve their ability to interact with humans, Majidi ...

Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a new soft robot that can walk at roughly the speed of a human, activated by light and magnetic fields. The robot can squeeze into tight ...

Researchers have applied soft robotics to underwater ROVs to allow them to collect and grasp samples on the seabed without damaging them.

These soft robots are constructed using materials with more human-like features and properties, in the shape of the human hand with fingers to complete tasks.

Seeing robots made with soft, flexible parts in action appears to lower people’s anxiety about working with them or even being replaced by them. A Washington State University study found ...