The body movements performed by humans and other animals are known to be supported by several intricate biological and neural mechanisms. While roboticists have been trying to develop systems that ...

It’s a bizarre sight: With a short burst of light, a sponge-shaped robot scoots across a tiled surface. Flipped on its back, it repeatedly twitches as if doing sit-ups. By tinkering with the light’s ...

Biohybrid robotics integrates living tissues with engineered materials to yield devices that blend the adaptability of biological systems with synthetic robustness. This convergence of biology and ...

Muscle cell powered biohybrid robots, including jellyfish, worm, fish, and butterfly based models, and the main factors influencing their performance. It also illustrates fabrication techniques, ...

Our muscles are nature’s actuators. The sinewy tissue is what generates the forces that make our bodies move. In recent years, engineers have used real muscle tissue to actuate “biohybrid robots” made ...

Today, artificial intelligence is a billion-dollar industry and seems to be the future of technology, science and engineering. However, according to Rashid Bashir, dean of The Grainger College of ...

MIT engineers have quietly solved one of the biggest bottlenecks in living-tissue robotics, creating synthetic tendons that let soft muscle pull on hard plastic with far more force and control. By ...

Paper in Science Robotics presents ML application that efficiently delivers high-performance design and 2x swimming efficiency compared to rays developed biomimetically “This research seeks to answer ...

A small wheeled bot rolls across a cold lab floor, with its five legs pushing it from behind. These robots, looking unremarkable at best, have one defining factor that drives home their scientific ...