(Nanowerk Spotlight) Human skin is a sensitive detector of both pressure and temperature sets the performance benchmark for the development of artificial tactile systems. Researchers are working on ...

Cornell researchers have created a fiber-optic sensor utilizing inexpensive LEDs and dyes that resulted in a stretchable skin-like material able to detect deformations, including pressure, bending, ...

To reliably complete household chores, assemble products and tackle other manual tasks, robots should be able to adapt their ...

Integrating sensors within soft robots has been difficult in part because most sensors, such as those used in traditional electronics, are rigid. Harvard researchers developed an organic ionic ...

Orienting the robotic fabric in two different directions causes a block of foam to either bend or compress, a principle that could be used to create robots that inch forward or slither. (Purdue ...

image: An international team of researchers has developed a perception system for soft robots inspired by the way humans process information about their own bodies in space and in relation to other ...

Scientists pushing the frontiers of soft robotics continue to find inspiration in the animal kingdom, with the latest examples that move like inchworms and earthworms deploying some novel sensor ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Soft robotics is designed to create flexible, adaptable devices capable of safe interaction with humans and delicate objects. This field has captivated researchers and engineers ...

In a TED Talk on the incredible potential of flexible, soft robots, Giada Gerboni asks audiences to consider the standard approach to robotic design—not the brain, but the rigid exoskeleton. Robots ...