Once inside, a magnetic field guides and unfolds it at the target site, where it releases medicine in a controlled and steady ...

A field called swarm robotics is taking inspiration from ants, bees and even slime molds.

The next generation of soft robots might be folding and sliding as effortlessly as living tissue, say a team of engineers who ...

A new 3D printing technique can create paper-thin "magnetic muscles," which can be applied to origami structures to make them ...

A new 3-D printing technique can create paper-thin "magnetic muscles," which can be applied to origami structures to make them move.

NC State researchers create 3D-printed magnetic origami robots for precise, targeted drug delivery inside the body.

In response to a short pulse of near-infrared light, the robot released the pebble. Further, the light produced heat triggered a shape change that forced the robot to unfold. The robot then returned ...

SEOUL, South Korea — What if doctors could deploy thousands of tiny robots to clear blocked arteries? Scientists at Hanyang ...