SPPIRO combines soft robotics and proprioceptive sensing to traverse complex pipelines, marking a significant advancement in ...

Researchers from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Queensland University of Technology (QUT) have made groundbreaking ...

(A) FEA-based numerical simulation to optimize the actuator’s geometry and actuation parameters. (B) Using FFF technology, the molds are printed in rigid material and the sacrificial cores are in a ...

The oceans hide some of the most sophisticated solutions nature has ever developed and are an inexhaustible source of ...

Roboticists have been motivated by a long-standing goal to make robots safer. The new actuator could be used to develop inexpensive, soft, flexible robots which are safer and more practical for ...

When we think of assistive prostheses or braces, we often think of hard and rigid contraptions. After all, it wasn’t that long ago that prosthetic limbs were still being made out of wood. Even devices ...

Kirigami is a variation on the Japanese art of origami, or paper folding, in which cuts are used to create three-dimensional ...

Engineers have invented an ingenious liquid-metal pump which could make future soft robotics and wearable devices much more ...

A cast silicone membrane forms the face of the clock [top], while behind it sits 3D-printed millifluidic blocks [middle rows] ...

They could replace conventional actuators in cars, machinery and robotics. If they are developed even further, they could also be used for medical applications. Dorina Opris and Patrick Danner are ...