(A) FEA-based numerical simulation to optimize the actuator’s geometry and actuation parameters. (B) Using FFF technology, the molds are printed in rigid material and the sacrificial cores are in a ...

Researchers have developed a soft robotic skin that enables vine robots that are just a few millimeters wide to navigate ...

Researchers developed a soft robotic skin that enables vine robots that are just a few millimeters wide to navigate ...

Researchers have proposed process flow guides for 3D printing of miniature soft pneumatic actuators. Integrating the prints into a robotic system offers potential applications in jet-engine ...

UC San Diego develops soft robotic skin to steer millimeter-scale vine robots through complex environments. Read more ...

To create a safer, more practical robot, Professor Ryan Truby and his team developed a soft, flexible actuator that enables robots to move by expanding and contracting—just like a human muscle. To ...

We've been hearing a lot about "artificial muscles," which allow robotic devices or prosthetic limbs to perform human-like motions. And while most of them have been produced in labs utilizing ...

An innovative approach to automation design used inverted six-axis robots and a gravity-fed tray system to boost throughput ...