That’s because the tape is both robust and flexible; can be stored in a small container when retracted; and can reach far when extended. After a series of trial-and-error experiments, the engineers ...

It's a game a lot of us played as children—and maybe even later in life: unspooling measuring tape to see how far it would ...

The American company H2 Clipper is introducing an innovation in the aviation industry, replacing traditional assembly lines ...

A tiny soft robot powered by magnets may soon crawl through rubble or the body, blending flexible electronics with smooth ...

In the quest to design the next generation of materials for modern devices -- ones that are lightweight, flexible and excellent at dissipating heat -- a team of researchers made a discovery: ...

In the quest to design the next generation of materials for modern devices—ones that are lightweight, flexible and excellent ...

Dr. Renheng Bo, Research Associate Professor at the State Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics Technology, Tsinghua University, and his ...

Roboticists have successfully built a cheap, electronic-free robot that can be 3D printed in one go.<br /><br /> ...

Magnetic soft robots, providing excellent flexibility and precise control, are transforming fields from surgery to ...

The researchers aimed to create robots that could walk directly off the 3D printer, powered by air and made from flexible, ...

The machine is powered entirely by a cartridge of compressed gas and can be printed in one piece using a single material.

In the world of robot fabrication, the dream of manufacturing machines ready to go directly off the line is still many years ...