Shadow Walker’s creators went on to found a pioneering robotics company ...

The next generation of soft robots might be folding and sliding as effortlessly as living tissue, say a team of engineers who have created “magnetic muscles” with 3D printing. Filling elastic, ...

Wearable knee robot helps SMA children stand and build muscle Six-week knee exosuit training lets SMA kids rise unaided with ...

A lightweight robotic device that facilitates neuromuscular recovery in children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), helping ...

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A wearable robot weighing just under one kilogram improves knee function in children living with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA ...

The inchworm-inspired soft robot, unlike conventional planetary rovers, was designed around a rolled dielectric elastomer ...

A crawler robot made with the miura-ori origami pattern. The dark sections are affixed with thin "magnetic muscles" made by co-extruding rubber polymer and ferromagnetic particles, which move the ...

In the past, muscle-powered robots either moved constantly without clear control or were too weak to respond visibly. Our strengthened skeletal muscle allows the robot to react clearly to an external ...

Chinese scientists have developed a wearable rehabilitation robot that can help children with severe muscular atrophy to ...

The day is coming when you may walk past a robot and have no idea it was a robot. Over years of engineering, we've given ...