The soft, pneumatic exoskeleton PASE can reduce the effort required for arm work. The perceived workload also decreases.

Soft, air-powered exoskeleton eases muscle fatigue, reduces injuries and boosts workplace safety. (UTA)For workers whose jobs ...

MEMS faculty, staff, and students spent the summer mentoring young researchers, engaging middle schoolers in STEM, and bringing robotics to life for kids in the Durham community.

Learn how lessons from medical robot design can be applied to all robotics from cobots to humanoids and autonomous mobile ...

This dual cross-linking design lets the muscle switch stiffness on demand. In lab tests, its stiffness jumps from about 213 kilopascals — soft, like rubber — to 292 megapascals, hundreds of times ...

For workers whose jobs involve hours of lifting and repetitive motion, even small innovations can make a big difference in ...

Called the Pneumatically Actuated Soft Elbow Exoskeleton (PASE), the device uses a silicone “pneumatic actuator,” or soft air ...

A soft robotic system uses liquid crystal elastomers to merge shape shifting, gripping, and color change, demonstrating fully ...

ISLANDIA, N.Y., Oct. 21, 2025 – The Festo FPaKit is as close to a gantry palletizer in a box as possible. The FPaKit gives ...

Mechanical birds, bears and princesses have chirped, growled and sung in Orlando’s theme parks for more than 50 years. The ...

Advanced 3D printing techniques create flexible origami robots with high magnetic responsiveness, paving the way for biomedical applications and soft robotics.

The evolution of space robotics in 2025 is reshaping exploration and resource utilization, driving advancements in autonomous ...