soft robots

Tech

This Shape-Shifting Material Mimics Octopus Skin

10.12.17

By Jacob Dubé
Tech

This Creepy Soft Robot Can Wiggle Inside Your Body

07.19.17

By Jordan Pearson
Tech

This Soft Robot Squeezes the Heart to Pump Blood

01.19.17

By Madison Margolin
Tech

Researchers Find the ‘Holy Grail’ of Soft Robotics

07.24.16

By Daniel Oberhaus
Tech

Octopus-Inspired Robots Are Something Straight Out of ‘The Matrix’

04.07.16

By Sarah Emerson
Tech

‘Mood Robots’ Express Themselves by Changing Colour Like Octopuses

03.04.16

By Jordan Pearson
Tech

Your Body Is Made of Hydrogel, and Soon Robots Could Be Too

11.09.15

By Victoria Turk
Tech

This Weird Robot Hand Won’t Let Go of the 90s

09.30.15

By Jordan Pearson
Tech

This 80s Japanese Robot Looks Suspiciously Like a Bunch of Dicks

08.21.15

By Alix Jean-Pharuns
Tech

This 3D-Printed, Bio-Inspired Bot Can Jump Six Times Its Body Height

07.09.15

By Emiko Jozuka
Tech

Just a Tentacled Micro-Robot Clutching a Helpless Ant

06.27.15

By Michael Byrne
Tech

Here’s a Squishy Robotic Hand Grabbing a Pumpkin (and Other Inanimate Objects)

10.28.14

By Brian Anderson

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