Step inside the Soft Robotics Lab at ETH Zurich, and you find yourself in a space that is part children's nursery, part ...

There is also a dance studio, complete with a wood floor and large mirrors. Here scientists record the movements of human ...

A 301 mg soft robot jumps continuously under constant light without batteries or electronics, using snap-through buckling and self-shadowing to create an autonomous feedback loop.

Folding success is often scored using a method called Intersection over Union (IoU), which measures how fully the upper half ...

Tokyo engineers unveil a dog-inspired robot that uses air-powered muscles to study how animals absorb impact while running ...

Underwater octopuses change their body color and texture in the blink of an eye to blend perfectly into their surroundings ...

Soft robots that power themselves from their surroundings are moving from lab curiosity to strategic technology, promising ...

On the Moon, taking a simple step could quietly damage your body. With weaker gravity, your muscles do less work, your bones ...

Soft robotic systems are evolving toward life-like motion, but precise shape-morphing and adaptive grasping remain difficult. This study presents a ...

A team of researchers provides a perspective on the role that soft actuators and energy harvesters play in building ...

Gastrointestinal cancers rank among the deadliest in the world, yet they often grow in places doctors struggle to reach. If ...