Soft robotics has quickly moved from a niche research topic to a practical technology with real-world applications—from gentle grippers in ...

Engineers at Oxford University have developed a rapid, ultra-low-cost method for manufacturing soft robots using common lab ...

Engineers propose a new quantitative framework to account for and predict the impact of temperature on the curing speed of platinum-catalyzed silicone elastomers. The findings could maximize ...

Engineers at Oxford University have developed a rapid and ultra‑low‑cost method for manufacturing soft robots using standard ...

Oxford engineers create a rapid, low-cost method to fabricate soft robotic actuators using common lab equipment.

A new type of robotic hand developed at The University of Texas at Austin demonstrates such sensitive touch that it can grasp ...

One day, robots might navigate through your blood vessels to break up clots, deliver targeted chemotherapy or repair ruptured blood vessels more efficiently and effectively than existing tools, ...

Soft skin coverings and touch sensors have emerged as a promising feature for robots that are both safer and more intuitive for human interaction, but they are expensive and difficult to make. A ...

Researchers developed hair-thin polymer fibers that bend and contract with electricity, enabling soft robotic actuators that can be woven into textiles.

Additive manufacturing has enabled the deposition of highly flexible, affordable materials, easily printed using low-cost fused filament fabrication. The transition from soft lithography to digital ...