The invention is a metamaterial, which is a material engineered to feature new and unusual properties that depend on the material's physical structure rather than its chemical composition. In this ...

Inspired by the movements of a tiny parasitic worm, engineers have created a 5-inch soft robot that can jump as high as a basketball hoop. Their device, a silicone rod with a carbon-fiber spine, can ...

In an experiment reminiscent of the "Transformers" movie franchise, engineers at Princeton University have created a type of ...

The battery powers dual motors at the hips and supports lower body movement during hiking, running, biking, climbing, and ...

COSMO robots carries 20 custom QDD actuators, 16 facial motors and a 1990s‑style voice— all squeezed into a cartoon shell.

The AI startup Hugging Face just released the Reachy 2 robot, a $70,000 humanoid model that's ready for the shop floor.

From soft actuators that mimic real muscle to DNA drives that can store petabytes in a sugar cube, humanity is engineering ...