Unlike other robots that perform limited functions, KR1 can move, lift and think like a human, only faster and more reliably. The robot can handle complex pick-and-place tasks with ease.

First Robot Leg With ‘Artificial Muscles’ Can Jump, Researchers Say The technology could eventually lead to the creation of humanoid robots designed to assist with household tasks. Robots have been ...

Engineers have developed a new soft, flexible device that makes robots move by expanding and contracting -- just like a human muscle. To demonstrate their new device, called an actuator, the ...

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 ...

Although it is as thin as a piece of paper, the actuator is capable of producing strong forces, enabling a robot to maneuver through tight spaces and to manipulate objects. This, according to the ...

Researchers at ETH Zürich are very good at keeping robots standing upright. Back in 2022, the school’s robotics team taught the quadrupedal ANYmal robot how to hike up mountains without falling ...

Future robots could soon have a lot more muscle power. Northwestern University engineers have developed a soft artificial muscle, paving the way for untethered animal- and human-scale robots. The ...

Researchers are using the human body as inspiration in the next generation of robots. It's like anatomy, but electronic. Electro-hydraulic muscles are more energy efficient than motor driven robots.

These muscles can be used in robots or in prosthetic limbs. Bender, it seems, wasn’t so far-fetched after all. Video [ScienceCentral via TheInquirer] Robots ...

This was yet another property that previous soft robots were unable to achieve. “Like a muscle, these soft actuators actually stiffen,” Truby said. “If you have ever twisted the lid off a jar, for ...