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New bioprinting microrobot repairs gastric wounds inside the body

The new microrobot may eventually limit the need for invasive gastric surgery.

Novel soft humanoid hand creates safer human-robotics interactions

The robotic hand has the merits of fast response, large grasping force, low cost, and light weight.

Facebook builds a robot to install fiber-optic cable efficiently and cheaply

It aims to reduce the cost of deploying fiber cable to make internet service cheaper.

Humanoid chewing robot could help assess medicated chewing gum

Robot jaws show medicated chewing gum could be the future.

A mobile robot scientist capable of carrying out experiments by itself

It can work 24/7, make its own decisions about which chemistry experiments to perform next.

Motorized ankle exoskeleton boosts runner’s speed by 10%

Exoskeletons - robotic wearable technologies that increase our physical capabilities - are slowly leaving the world of comics to become a reality. A number...

A 13-year-old student names NASA’s newest Mars rover

It was until now known by the generic name of Mars 2020, but this Thursday, on March 5, NASA unveiled the name chosen for...

A blood-sampling robot for automated blood drawing and testing

In the first human clinical trial, an automated device performed better than people.

A soft robot muscle that can regulate its temperature through sweating

Scientists took inspiration from the natural cooling system that exists in mammals: sweating.

Samsung Ballie, a rolling robot helps with household chores

A small, rolling robot that understands you, supports you, and reacts to your needs.

New metallic material for flexible soft robots

The new material is half as light as paper, which also makes it more power efficient.

RoboBee can crash, fly, and collide without being damaged

It is the first microrobot powered by soft actuators to achieve controlled flight.

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