A new study published in Advanced Functional Materials ("Self-Propelled Morphing Matter for Small-Scale Swimming Soft Robots") demonstrates how combining chemical propulsion with shape-morphing ...

At the center of this breakthrough is the use of shape-transformable liquid metal nanoparticles (LMNPs) integrated into polymers, enabling the direct 3D printing of complex, multi-functional robots.

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The team’s work, “Hexagonal electrohydraulic modules for rapidly reconfigurable high-speed robots” will be published ... of the hexagon and changing its shape from long and narrow to wide ...

By Robert Ito On the cover of Peter Brown’s best-selling children’s book “The Wild Robot” are massive evergreens ... Artists tried out a variety of head shapes (some bucket-shaped, like ...

He also said that humanoid technology will soon be so advanced that it will “be odd not to have a robot buddy, your C-3PO or R2-D2.” Other developments by Boston Dynamics, Figure, Amazon ...