Search results for soft robotics

Biochemistry Nov 20, 2025

Conductive hydrogel mimics brain softness for flexible bioelectronic devices

Bioelectronics, such as implantable health monitors or devices that stimulate brain cells, are not as soft as the surrounding tissues due to their metal electronic circuits. A team of scientists from the University of Groningen ...

Optics & Photonics Nov 20, 2025

From light to logic: First complete logic gate achieved in soft material using light alone

Researchers from McMaster University and the University of Pittsburgh have created the first functionally complete logic gate—a NAND gate (short for "NOT AND")—in a soft material using only beams of visible light. The discovery, ...

Economics & Business Nov 12, 2025

AI makes measuring work performance a lot trickier. How do companies adapt?

Let's be honest, even just writing this sentence has meant engaging with some very basic artificial intelligence (AI) as the computer checks my spelling and grammar.

Space Exploration Nov 4, 2025

Robotic exosuit trousers could boost astronauts' movement in space missions

Astronauts could soon be able to move more freely thanks to a soft robotic exosuit developed by researchers at the University of Bristol.

Biochemistry Oct 29, 2025

Supramolecular robotics enables soft materials to move, adapt and self-assemble

From cells that migrate to tissues that heal, nature abounds with systems capable of sensing and adapting to their surroundings. Replicating this level of adaptability in synthetic systems has remained a grand challenge in ...

Analytical Chemistry Oct 29, 2025

Artificial tongue uses milk to determine heat level in spicy foods

The appearance of a hot sauce or pepper doesn't reveal whether it's mild or likely to scorch someone's taste buds, but researchers have now created an artificial tongue to quickly detect spiciness. Inspired by milk's casein ...

Plants & Animals Oct 27, 2025

Discovery of how a coral stiffens its skeleton on demand opens new directions for bio-inspired engineering

Touch the branches of Leptogorgia chilensis, a soft coral found along the Pacific coast from California to Chile, and its flexible arms stiffen. Penn Engineers have discovered the mechanism underlying this astonishing ability, ...

Nanomaterials Oct 27, 2025

AI optical microscope analyzes 2D materials as precisely as human experts

Haozhe "Harry" Wang's electrical and computer engineering lab at Duke welcomed an unusual new lab member this fall: artificial intelligence. Using publicly available AI foundation models such as OpenAI's ChatGPT and Meta's ...

Analytical Chemistry Oct 23, 2025

Bending biogenic crystals naturally without external forces

From creating flexible gadgets to better medicines, the art of bending crystals is reshaping technology and health, and at the University of Houston a crystals expert makes it look almost like a magic trick.

Biochemistry Oct 20, 2025

Chemical networks can mimic nervous systems to power movement in soft materials

What if a soft material could move on its own, guided not by electronics or motors, but by the kind of rudimentary chemical signaling that powers the simplest organisms? Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson ...

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