Once inside, a magnetic field guides and unfolds it at the target site, where it releases medicine in a controlled and steady ...

Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a new soft robot that can walk at roughly the speed of a human, activated by light and magnetic fields. The robot can squeeze into tight spaces ...

A new 3D printing technique can create paper-thin "magnetic muscles," which can be applied to origami structures to make them ...

Scientists working at the Chinese University of Hong Kong have created something that looks horrifying, and only gets more upsetting when you learn it's designed to crawl around inside your body. The ...

In response to a short pulse of near-infrared light, the robot released the pebble. Further, the light produced heat triggered a shape change that forced the robot to unfold. The robot then returned ...

Oregon State University researchers have created an artificial environment that simulates apple trees to collect data on its robot hand, regardless of growing season. This fake apple is attached via a ...