Dynamic liquid crystal elastomer composites enable a 3D-printed soft robot that switches between three propulsion modes on ...

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With their ability to shapeshift and manipulate delicate objects, soft robots could work as medical implants, deliver drugs ...

How can soft robots be enhanced while reducing the need for gears and motors? This is what a recent study published in ...

One of the many iconic moments in Terminator 2: Judgment Day was seeing the T-1000 briefly morph into a liquid to pass through the metal bars separating him from his target: a teenage John Connor. A ...

Schools of fish, colonies of bees, and murmurations of starlings exhibit swarming behavior in nature, flowing like a liquid in synchronized, shape-shifting coordination. Through the lens of fluid ...

From R2-D2 to Optimus Prime, Wall-E to The Iron Giant, robots have long captured our collective imaginations. In today’s world, their influence is far less limited to fictional settings; robotics are ...

The Soft Machines Lab at Carnegie Mellon University has created a rudimentary robot that can become a liquid on demand, a capability the lead author compared to the T-1000 from Terminator 2. Share on ...

As industries increasingly explore automation to address labor shortages and operational efficiency, systems like the ones ...