A soft robotic device could help first responders open airways in seconds, making lifesaving care safer and faster for ...

The human body moves through a coordinated effort of skeletal muscles, working in concert to generate force. While some ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. – Seeing robots made with soft, flexible parts in action appears to lower people’s anxiety about working with them or even being replaced by them. A Washington State University study ...

In a lab tucked away in Poland, a group of engineers is quietly redefining what it means to build a robot. Not with circuits ...

Device can place an emergency breathing tube in the trachea faster than medical personnel can, even those with extensive ...

Engineers at MIT have devised an ingenious new way to produce artificial muscles for soft robots that can flex in more than one direction, similar to the complex muscles in the human body. The team ...

It’s a bizarre sight: With a short burst of light, a sponge-shaped robot scoots across a tiled surface. Flipped on its back, it repeatedly twitches as if doing sit-ups. By tinkering with the light’s ...

(Nanowerk News) Our muscles are nature’s perfect actuators — devices that turn energy into motion. For their size, muscle fibers are more powerful and precise than most synthetic actuators. They can ...

In a laboratory in Connecticut, a palm-sized silicone robot scrunches up its body to inch forward in a caterpillar-like motion. A brick tips over onto its leg, trapping it as it struggles to move on.

The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is a collection of organs and structures inside the bodies of humans and other animals that ...