Soft robots are only as capable as the artificial muscles that drive them, and for years those muscles have forced a trade-off between strength and flexibility. A new magnetic polymer design is ...

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Hugging Face, a well-known name in AI development, is making big moves in the world of robotics. The company has just introduced two open-source humanoid robots, HopeJR and Reachy Mini, designed to ...

Even the best batteries fall far short of animal metabolism for energy storage. Fueling robots with 'food' could narrow the gap. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter spoke to Business Insider on how humanoid robots will take over the factory and when ...

Humanoid robots achieve only up to 50% of human productivity in limited factory tasks, said Michael Tam, chief brand officer ...

Humans are desperate to put the robots to work. The only problem is, the robots don’t “work” to any degree. These humanoid ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) James Pikul, University of Wisconsin-Madison (THE CONVERSATION) Earlier this year, a ...