McGill University engineers have developed ultra-thin materials that can move, fold, and reshape themselves, ...

Movable structures can be manufactured from flexible, tear-resistant graphene oxide films, which simultaneously provide ...

A crawler robot made with the miura-ori origami pattern. The dark sections are affixed with thin "magnetic muscles" made by co-extruding rubber polymer and ferromagnetic particles, which move the ...

Researchers at McGill University have developed ultra-thin materials that can be programmed to move, fold and reshape ...

The next generation of soft robots might be folding and sliding as effortlessly as living tissue, say a team of engineers who have created “magnetic muscles” with 3D printing. Filling elastic, ...

Soft actuation remains the key bottleneck in creating soft robots with flexible deformation and agile locomotion similar to nature creatures. Despite extensive efforts, it remains performance ...

Study: 3D-Printed soft Magnetoactive origami actuators. Advanced Functional Materials. Image Credit: SewCreamStudio/Shutterstock.com As outlined in a new study that ...

While CES 2025 focused on robots' mobility, humanoid robots at the 2026 event displayed impressive improvements. They showed ...