Plant robotics shows how living movement and sensing can power biodegradable machines that work with natural environments, offering a sustainable alternative to conventional robotic materials and ...

Researchers in China have developed a robot that identifies different plant species at various stages of growth by “touching” their leaves with an electrode. The robot can measure properties such as ...

The humans controlling the droids have them repeat each task over and over, as a computer system logs their every move Read ...

In the future this tendril-like soft robot could inspire the development of wearable devices, such as soft braces, able to actively morph their shape. The tendril-like soft robot is able to curl ...

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Shortly after taking its first steps in front of the world, the Aidol takes a tumble and gets dragged offstage by its human handlers.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- These gardeners would have green thumbs -- if they had thumbs. A class of undergraduates at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has created a set of robots that can water, ...

Engineers have developed a robot designed to extend a chain-like appendage flexible enough to twist and turn in any necessary configuration, yet rigid enough to support heavy loads or apply torque to ...

Researchers have made the first soft robot mimicking plant tendrils: it is able to curl and climb, using the same physical principles determining water transport in plants. In the future this ...

MIT has developed a new kind of robot that can essentially extend itself — “growing” in a way that’s surprisingly similar to how a young plant grows upward. The way researchers accomplished this uses ...

Ford is leasing two robots from Boston Dynamics to use in one of its factories. The robots, Fluffy and Spot, will collect data at the Van Dyke Transmission Plant. Boston Dynamics' four-legged robots ...