We are all familiar with the satisfying click of a pen or the snap of a hair clip. Behind these simple motions lies a powerful mechanical phenomenon called “snap-through.” It is also used in ...

Efforts to eliminate a dangerous hands-on approach to sanitation are moving slowly. When Jitender was a child in New Delhi, both his parents worked as manual scavengers—a job that involved clearing ...

Tesla has shifted the training strategy for its Optimus robot, insiders told Business Insider. Rather than motion capture suits and teleoperation, the automaker will rely primarily on video recordings ...

Despite decades of progress, most robots are still programmed for specific, repetitive tasks. They struggle with the unexpected and can't adapt to new situations without painstaking reprogramming. But ...

A popular Roblox game has become a way for players to bypass the game’s chat filters. Roblox has amassed a platform of over 90 million daily active users, and the company has been working to make the ...

Engineers from Harvard University have developed a soft, wearable robotic device for movement assistance. The robot combines machine learning and a physics-based model to learn each user’s unique ...

Abstract: While soft robotics is an emerging field of research, soft parallel robots are among the latest advancements in this field. Usually, soft robots consist of serial soft arms and structure ...

Summary: Researchers have developed a model for micro-sized robots that use sound waves to communicate, allowing them to self-organize into swarms with collective intelligence. These sonic swarms can ...