Discover how Scottish scientists revolutionize soft robotics with a 3D-printed robot that walks out of the printer, using an open-source platform.

More information: Elgar Kanhere et al, Upgrading and extending the life cycle of soft robots with in situ free-form liquid three-dimensional printing, Science Robotics (2024).

What's so special about a robot finger made out of gelatin and sugar? It's cheap, easy to source, squishy and adaptable, biodegradable, and quick to 3D print. That's quite a long list of benefits.

When you zoom in on a fractal you find it is made of more fractals. Perhaps that helped inspire the Harvard 3D printers that have various arrays of mixing nozzles. In the video below you can see so… ...

This 3D-printed soft robotic hand beat the first level of Super Mario Bros. The hand has integrated fluidic transistors, so it only requires one pressure input.

The 3D-printed, four-legged robot can also climb over obstacles and could assist humans in situations like search-and-rescue missions.

Researchers have created 3D-printed flexible mesh structures that can be controlled with applied magnetic fields while floating on water. The structures can grab small objects and carry water ...

New 3D-printing method gives soft robots sense of touch This research represents a foundational advance in emerging field of soft robotics.

The U.S. Army Research Laboratory has teamed up with the University of Minnesota to explore the wonders of soft robots. The teams have published a study ...

A team of researchers from the University of Maryland has 3D printed a soft robotic hand that is agile enough to play Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. -- and win!

In a research paper, scientists from the Tsinghua University proposed a novel enhanced Digital Light Processing (DLP) 3D printing technology, capable of printing composite magnetic structures with ...

An innovator has built a self-balancing one-wheeled robot. Developed using 3D-printed components, the latest innovation can stand still.