With their ability to shapeshift and manipulate delicate objects, soft robots could work as medical implants, deliver drugs ...

Materials databases lie at the heart of future data-driven discovery in energy-related fields, say researchers from Tohoku ...

A Johns Hopkins University engineer has developed a specialized AI tool that could do for materials scientists what ChatGPT has done for coders and writers. The new system, called ChatGPT Materials ...

Assistant professor Ryan Truby discusses his work in Northwestern Engineering's Robotic Matter Lab and what he admires about the school's Master of Science in Robotics (MSR) program. Ryan Truby is ...

Soft robots aim to move and change shape smoothly, but they often rely on bulky motors or external systems. To overcome this, ...

An international team has explored how in future aerial robots could process construction materials precisely in the air -- an approach with great potential for difficult-to-access locations or work ...

Chinese robotics startup XGSynBot introduced the Z1 Wheeled Robot at a dual-city press conference held in Silicon Valley and Beijing on March 5, 2026. The machine is designed for factory floors and ...

Robots as inconspicuous as they are ubiquitous represent the vision of researchers in the new and burgeoning field of material robotics. In an invited perspective paper published today in Science ...