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

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If you’re going to kill animals for food, don’t waste their parts – that’s just rude. Use everything, snout-to-tail, and not ...

Noninvasive brain tech is transforming how people interact with robotic devices. Instead of relying on muscle movement, this technology allows a person to control a robotic hand by simply thinking ...

Scientists unveil penny-sized microrobots that swim, sense temperature, and run for months using light-powered brains.

The robots are both powered and programmed by light pulses, and each has their own unique identifier for individualized ...

Imagine having a curious little robot sidekick right on your desk - blinking, beeping, and ready to code. That's now a reality, thanks to Hugging Face's latest release: the Reachy Mini desktop robot.

Programmable matter and robotic systems represent a dynamic frontier in materials science and robotics, where discrete, often modular units are designed to change their physical properties and ...

Recent advances in three-dimensional printing technologies provide one way not only to speed up freeform fabrication but also to exert programmable control over mechanical properties. Besides, origami ...

Each of the four tool holders can use vacuum cups or grippers mounted on individual linear actuators, which can be programmed for as many as 28 separate locations. The programmable EOAT will save the ...