A new robotic breakthrough out of South Korea may soon turn your clothes into assistive tech. Researchers have found a way to mass-produce ultra-thin "fabric muscles" that can flex and lift like human ...

From a technology standpoint, the innovation addresses a key limitation in soft robotics and smart materials: achieving ...

NUS researchers have developed a platform that lets lab-grown muscle tissues train themselves to record-breaking strength, with no external stimulation required. By mechanically coupling two muscle ...

Researchers at the Intelligent Biomimetic Design Lab at Peking University have developed a bio-signal framework showing that ...

Breaking away from conventional robots that perform only predefined functions once fabricated, researchers have developed a ...

BOULDER, Colo., Feb. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Artimus Robotics has announced its newest generation of contracting HASEL actuators. Through continued improvements in material science and ...

A new artificial muscle can change shape, repair damage, and be reused, bringing a major shift in how robots are built and ...

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few ...

Fish muscle signals can reveal movement, sense water flow & improve robot swimming, offering a way to design smarter ...

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few ...

(A) A user wears the EMG-driven EVF-robot. (B) The application on a smartphone serving as a user interface. (C) The pneumatic fingers embedded in an elastic textile glove. The electro-vibro-feedback ...

Assistant Professor Tan Yu Jun (right), PhD student Mr Zhou Jinrun (left), and their team from the National University of Singapore established a simple but ingenious method that produced lab-grown ...