Scientists have been looking for new ways to treat cancer for years now. Newly developed shape-shifting robots could provide a new avenue for treatment. The new robots are shaped like fish and can ...

At only 16 inches wide and 27 inches long, iRobot Corporation’s PackBot Explorer can enter tunnels, sewers and collapsed structures. However, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is now ...

'Smarticles' could be key to new locomotion technique. Researchers have taken a new approach to developing robots—using smaller robots known as “smarticles” to unlock the principles of a potentially ...

A shape-shifting robot swarm could make the trip to the Moon with future astronaut missions. The robot, which is called the Mori Modular Robot for Space, or Mori3, is a polygonal shape-shifting robot ...

Korean researchers have developed an advanced soft robot, OCTOID, inspired by the multifunctional abilities of octopuses. Leveraging cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers (CLCEs), OCTOID combines ...

(Nanowerk News) When danger approaches, the Moroccan flic-flac spider takes the shape of a ball and rolls away to safety. Just as the trick of shape-shifting to one’s environment has proved invaluable ...

Coming to a tight spot near you: CLARI, the little, squishable robot that can passively change its shape to squeeze through narrow gaps—with a bit of inspiration from the world of bugs. CLARI, which ...

A person-shaped robot liquifies to escape a cage, then cools back into its original shape in a mold placed in the ground outside the bars. Wang and Pan et al. under CC BY-SA Researchers have created a ...