The robots run on a hydraulic system powered by a compact pump, called a “hydraulic heart,” which uses water to move the muscles. The water stays inside the system, and if it ever needs more, the ...

According to Science and Technology Daily (Reporter Zhang Mengran), a new type of biological hybrid robot has been developed, capable of crawling at different speeds under light stimulation. This ...

According to the Science and Technology Daily, a research team from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Northwestern University, and other institutions has successfully developed a new type ...

Warehouse work is intense, repetitive and physically demanding. Kinisi Robotics, a U.S.-based startup, wants to change that. Its newest innovation, the Kinisi 01, also known as KR1, is a powerful ...

It has been a long endeavor to create biohybrid robots – machines powered by lab-grown muscle as potential actuators. The flexibility of biohybrid robots could allow them to squeeze and twist through ...

Researchers at ETH Zürich are very good at keeping robots standing upright. Back in 2022, the school’s robotics team taught the quadrupedal ANYmal robot how to hike up mountains without falling over.

Researchers have developed octopus-inspired design thatenhances underwater vehicles with less drag and improved ...

Engineers have developed a new soft, flexible device that makes robots move by expanding and contracting -- just like a human muscle. To demonstrate their new device, called an actuator, the ...

Future robots could soon have a lot more muscle power. Northwestern University engineers have developed a soft artificial muscle, paving the way for untethered animal- and human-scale robots. The new ...

University of Texas researches have created a form of “shape memory wire” that expands and contracts when cooled and heated. To make the muscles contract, they coat it in a catalyst that reacts to ...