McGill University engineers have developed ultra-thin materials that can move, fold, and reshape themselves, ...

The Rho-alpha model incorporates sensor modalities such as tactile feedback and is trained with human guidance, says ...

For decades, the ability to visualize the chemical composition of materials, whether for diagnosing a disease, assessing food ...

Researchers at Princeton University have built a swarm of interconnected mini-robots that “bloom” like flowers in response to ...

Researchers at China’s Tsinghua University’s Shenzhen International Graduate School have developed a next-generation tactile sensor called SuperTac. The project involved collaboration with multiple ...

Today’s robots are smarter, faster, and cheaper. They’re also being called upon to move beyond traditional repetitive tasks to take on more “human” roles such as sensing, recognizing objects, moving ...

From adaptive wearables to light-based signaling ideas, researchers are exploring what comes next The feathers of a ...