Researchers have developed tissue-based muscle actuators that can enable robots to jump, swim, and grasp ...

Delft University of Technology researchers demonstrated a light-controlled soft actuator coated with microalgae that bends reversibly, grasps a metal ball and lifts a rubber ring underwater.

Feather star-inspired soft robot from NC State swims in 3D with just two actuators, using body design over AI.

Roboticists have been motivated by a long-standing goal to make robots safer. The new actuator could be used to develop inexpensive, soft, flexible robots which are safer and more practical for ...

WizGene debuts integrated robot actuator Fluxium R80 at RoboWorld Korea 2026 Compact AFPM-based actuator integrates motor, ...

Soft actuation technology underpins high compliance, integration, and multifunctionality in soft robots, and has received growing attention in recent years. Among various soft actuators, twisted ...

When we think of assistive prostheses or braces, we often think of hard and rigid contraptions. After all, it wasn’t that long ago that prosthetic limbs were still being made out of wood. Even devices ...

This project develops a pneumatic soft-finger system that can adapt its grasp in real time using embedded sensors and closed-loop pressure control. Each finger is cast from silicone using a ...