Soft Robotics: What a Flexible Body Can—and Cannot—Do
How soft robot bodies, onboard power, sensing and control fit together—and how to evaluate what a laboratory demonstration actually proves.
Category: Robotics
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MIT’s HERMES humanoid robot seeks emotion
Watching MIT's HERMES mimic the moves of his inventor, Joao Ramos, is almost like watching a child learning to dance by imitating his father.
The PR2 robot can fetch beer, play pool and fold your laundry
Designed to address some of the most seminal issues facing humankind, researchers have developed a robot that can be programmed to grab and deliver beer.
Humanoid robots will someday fly our planes
South Korean researchers are developing a humanoid robot that can fly a variety of full-sized aircraft during situations when humans can't.
ATLAS robot gets closer to walking like a human
One year after its initial unveiling, the ATLAS robot walks more like a human with greater agility and control than ever before.
MIT’s electric-powered Cheetah robot runs tether free
Helping to advance biomimetic and tether-free robotics, MIT recently tested their latest running robot, the Cheetah, that ran, jumped, and walked unleashed.
Advances in soft robotics promise machines with a human touch
Soft robotics developer Super-Releaser recently demonstrated several prototypes that inflated, crawled, and twisted before crowds of wide-eyed onlookers.