One of the perennial challenges of building robots is minimizing the size and weight of drive systems while preserving power.

Researchers have demonstrated miniature soft hydraulic actuators that can be used to control the deformation and motion of soft robots that are less than a millimeter thick. The researchers have also ...

Shanghai Kepler Robotics Co., Ltd. announced a major update to the locomotion of its humanoid robot K2 “Bumblebee,” releasing what it describes as China’s first demonstration of a “hybrid-architecture ...

(A) FEA-based numerical simulation to optimize the actuator’s geometry and actuation parameters. (B) Using FFF technology, the molds are printed in rigid material and the sacrificial cores are in a ...

Why and how the flexible actuators were fabricated. How they were used in an aerial micro-robot. The performance obtained with these actuators. While the electronics for drones and aerial robots of ...

Most robots use electric actuators, but this little fella packs a lot more punch. Researchers have created a new type of minuscule combustion engine that gives this tiny frog robot explosive leaping ...

Most animals can quickly transition from walking to jumping to crawling to swimming if needed without reconfiguring or making major adjustments. Most robots cannot. But researchers have now created ...

Researchers from North Carolina State University have demonstrated miniature soft hydraulic actuators that can be used to control the deformation and motion of soft robots that are less than a ...