Robots with a soft grip are hard to come by, but NUS developed one for the delicate materials. Have you ever thought of a robot with a soft grip holding one's sweet icing or ripe fruit that would ...

The field of robotics has transformed drastically in this century, with a special focus on soft robotics. In this context, ...

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A soft robot that mimics a caterpillar by using liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) with paper-based electrodes to create ...

Situations that prove particularly difficult for robots to perform are working with soft materials like rope or cloth.

Soft robotics and wearable computers, both technologies that are safe for human interaction, will demand new types of materials that are soft and stretchable and perform a wide variety of functions.

Discover how Scottish scientists revolutionize soft robotics with a 3D-printed robot that walks out of the printer, using an open-source platform.

Ultimately this approach merges with the field of reconfigurable robotics. A simpler approach is to create continuous soft materials embedded with actuators that can deform them 4, 5.