Researchers have created a tiny, shape-shifting robot that swims, crawls, and glides freely in the deep sea. Developed by a ...

A SHAPESHIFTING robot submarine has reached Earth’s deepest point – 36,000ft underwater – in search of deep-sea “aliens”. The ...

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Smart materials can change their shape or form in response to external stimuli, making them indispensable for many ...

Developed by engineers at the University of Leeds, the robot can generate high-resolution three-dimensional ultrasound images ...

Over the past decades, roboticists have introduced a wide range of systems that can move in various complex environments, ...

According to the developers, the swarm of robots can maintain cohesion, support substantial weight and self-heal, taking ...

A joint research team has successfully developed a next-generation soft robot based on liquid. The research was published in ...

The T-1000 in Terminator 2 could change shape at will, morph its hands into blades or turn parts of its body into a fluid to move through metal bars. “I saw this movie when I was a child—it ...

Researchers have developed small robots that can work together as a collective that changes shape and even shifts between solid and “fluid-like” states — a concept that should be familiar to ...