In a nutshell, if the robot’s engines overheat, it will not be able to function. This becomes more of an issue for soft robots, since they are composed of synthetic materials.

Some of today's most exciting robots don't resemble the hard, metallic machines that science fiction promised us. Welcome to the rapidly evolving world of soft robots. Here's how they are helping ...

Soft robots, robot systems made of soft materials, open up new perspectives for medical technology and industry. Jun.-Prof. Dr. Aniket Pal from the University of Stuttgart is conducting research into ...

The convergence of soft robotics and flexible electronics could bring about advances in businesses as diverse as industrial automation and space exploration.

Let’s face it, a future full of clunky robots like in Star Wars or Futurama isn’t that appealing. We should instead focus on a soft robotic future.

Scientists have created -- of all things -- a soft robotic spider. Don't worry, it doesn't bite: the spider is a demonstration of a new manufacturing process that can produce soft robots ...

Some soft robots are even compliant and safe enough to be wearable, giving humans the ability to do things they never could before, or perhaps restoring functions that have been lost to the ...

Each year, soft robots gain new abilities. They can jump, squirm, and grip. Unlike hard robots, they can handle tomatoes without bruising the fruit, resurface unscathed after being run over by a ...

Each year, soft robots gain new abilities. They can jump, squirm, and grip. Unlike hard robots, they can handle tomatoes without bruising the fruit, resurface unscathed after being run over by a ...

This 3D-printed soft robotic hand beat the first level of Super Mario Bros. The hand has integrated fluidic transistors, so it only requires one pressure input.

The soft robots could also find a place as a help-mate for other kinds of robotics by providing a fuel source. "When edible robots can be metabolized, they also function as energy storage ...

This process finally resulted in energy-efficient soft robots capable of directional crawling at a low actuation voltage value via paper substrate integration with LCEs in a bilayer architecture.