When robots are built with biological materials, they have the potential to achieve remarkable behaviors typically only seen ...

This dual cross-linking design lets the muscle switch stiffness on demand. In lab tests, its stiffness jumps from about 213 ...

South Korean researchers develop fabric muscles for lightweight wearable robots that move naturally with the human body.

Many of my physiologic systems replicated somebody who's 20 or 30 years older than me.” Now there may be a solution: robot ...

The commercialization of clothing-type wearable robots has taken a significant step forward with the development of equipment ...

In a remarkable display of technological advancement, Xpeng, a Chinese electric vehicle company, has ignited social media frenzy with the unveiling of its new humanoid robot, Iron. This innovation has ...

A team of researchers from North Carolina State University has created a new 3D-printing method that builds paper-thin ...

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, ...

An automated system that weaves ultra-thin “fabric muscles” capable of powering wearable robots like everyday ...

Once again, scientists have created something to give humanoid robots skills that no human possesses without asking themselves if it is truly a good idea.

Xpeng unveiled the second-generation IRON humanoid robot at the 2025 AI Day in Guangzhou, showcasing lifelike movement and real-time interaction.