US engineers develop soft robots that move without motors using liquid crystal elastomers and embedded electronics.

Researchers at Penn Engineering have turned a common nuisance—a knotted string—into a high-performance, heat-activated ...

Hasbro Pulse Fan Fest kicks off today, giving fans a huge set of upcoming collectible revels from a variety of properties. One of the biggest franchises to get new products during the event is the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Pittsburgh-based company has unveiled a palm-sized robot dog that obeys voice commands and even does backflips. The Bittle X, ...

A knot doesn't just fall apart, it snaps. Engineers harnessed that energy release to create tiny soft robots that leap meters ...

This is the impressive moment a robotic hand grasps objects just like a human. Scientists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) have created a robotic hand that can pick up ...

Researchers have developed a technique to 3D-print materials with customizable mechanical properties that can also sense how they are moving and interacting with their environment. Their method only ...

Researchers at Seoul National University have developed an artificial muscle that can change shape ...

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Automation vs. Robotics Defining Automation: The Broad Spectrum of Task Execution. When we talk about automation, we’re ...