Soon, a flexible octopus-like robot could be completely free of wires or internal electronics. Engineers at Rice University have unveiled a new soft robotic arm controlled by laser beams.

HOUSTON – (June 9, 2025) – Researchers at Rice University have developed a soft robotic arm capable of performing complex tasks such as navigating around an obstacle or hitting a ball, guided ...

MIT developed a deep learning system that lets soft robots follow commands from a single image, enabling accurate, low-cost control in tight and rough spaces.

Researchers at Rice University, Houston, TX, have developed a soft robotic arm capable of performing complex tasks such as navigating around an obstacle or hitting a ball, guided and powered remotely ...

Researchers have developed a soft robotic arm capable of performing complex tasks when guided and powered remotely by laser beams. Elizabeth Blackert, a Rice University doctoral alumna who is the ...

Making the soft robotic arm involved a combination of 3D printing and silicone molding, per the authors. The mold had a top and bottom part, with rigid segments fixed within the bottom mold; ...

A research team at MIT has introduced a new method for controlling soft, flexible robots using just a single image—without relying on complex sensors or detailed modeling. The approach, recently ...

Cephalopod suction was previously thought to be a product of these creatures’ soft, flexible bodies, which can deform easily ...

Researchers at the AMOLF institute have created a revolutionary soft robot without electronic components that moves using ...

This makes it easier for the robot to execute complex tasks without needing similarly complex input from an operator. “This was the first demonstration of real-time, reconfigurable, automated control ...