The next generation of soft robots might be folding and sliding as effortlessly as living tissue, say a team of engineers who ...

A new 3D printing technique can create paper-thin "magnetic muscles," which can be applied to origami structures to make them ...

NC State engineers 3D-print paper-thin magnetic muscles that turn origami robots into moving drug-delivery machines.

In response to a short pulse of near-infrared light, the robot released the pebble. Further, the light produced heat triggered a shape change that forced the robot to unfold. The robot then returned ...

Learn how lessons from medical robot design can be applied to all robotics from cobots to humanoids and autonomous mobile ...

This dual cross-linking design lets the muscle switch stiffness on demand. In lab tests, its stiffness jumps from about 213 kilopascals — soft, like rubber — to 292 megapascals, hundreds of times ...

Magnetic graphene oxide sheets fold, move, sense motion, and switch function by swapping magnetic layers, offering a fast, reprogrammable platform for soft robots and other morphable structures.

A new 3-D printing technique can create paper-thin "magnetic muscles," which can be applied to origami structures to make them move.

NC State researchers create 3D-printed magnetic origami robots for precise, targeted drug delivery inside the body.

Researchers at North Carolina State University have created paper-thin “magnetic muscles” that can power origami structures. The technology uses magnetic films to generate controlled movement for ...

Researchers believe that machines, acting collectively, can accomplish tasks that are difficult for individual robots.

Scientists built flat sheet robots that can change shape and move without motors. They lock into 256 metabot forms using tiny ...