This robot knows how to shape alphabet letters by using kid-friendly clay, Play-Doh, without any human assistance, all thanks to the artificial intelligence (AI) that powers it. As kids, most of ...

If a robot is trying to traverse rugged, irregular terrain, it's limited by having just one body shape. The Tetraflex robot was designed with this fact in mind, as it can change shape to adopt ...

Biology serves as an important proof-of-principle, and design challenge, for artificial intelligence and shape changing robots. Numerous organisms successfully exploit shape change as a mechanism for ...

Researchers develop a robot that leverages bio-inspired architecture to morph between driving and flying configurations in 50 milliseconds, navigating complex terrain inaccessible via any singular ...

Robots come in a vast array of shapes and sizes. By definition, they're machines that perform automatic tasks and can be ...

Even better, a shape-shifting robot could learn the best body shape for different environments and adapt to new environments as it encounters them.

A shape-shifting robot swarm could be key to helping astronauts more easily move things across the lunar surface during future missions.

Tiny, shape-shifting robot can squish itself into tight spaces Date: August 30, 2023 Source: University of Colorado at Boulder Summary: Imagine a robot that can wedge itself through the cracks in ...

Formless 'slime' robots that shape-change to complete complex tasks – it sounds like science fantasy. However, MIT researchers have developed a machine-learning technique that brings shape ...

Imagine a robot that can wedge itself through the cracks in rubble to search for survivors trapped in the wreckage of a collapsed building. Engineers at CU Boulder are working toward to that goal ...

The robot is called a milli-motein, because it is a small "mechanical protein," inspired by the organic molecules that naturally fold themselves into complex shapes.

Robots are becoming more prevalent on the floor of many plastics shops, particularly injection molding facilities, and they come in all shapes and sizes.