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

Researchers believe that machines, acting collectively, can accomplish tasks that are difficult for individual robots.

The next generation of soft robots might be folding and sliding as effortlessly as living tissue, say a team of engineers who ...

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

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

NC State researchers create 3D-printed magnetic origami robots for precise, targeted drug delivery inside the body.

The whole setup, including the robot, magnet, sensors and other electronics, reportedly only cost about US$100. A paper on the research, which is being led by Prof. Tania Morimoto and PhD student ...

A research team at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore has developed miniature, grain-sized robots capable of carrying multiple drugs and delivering them directly to targeted areas ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Researchers at MIT have created a tiny, cucumber-inspired soft robot ...

Robots are taking “dress for success” to a whole other level. A new type of shape-shifting robot can undergo complete metamorphosis in a matter of minutes. The bot is composed of a simple metal cube ...

The chip is a system-on-chip (SoC) device, which means all the key sensing and processing functions are built into one small ...