The upcoming generation of robots may have the ability to blend in perfectly with their surroundings, moving smoothly and naturally. This vision is expected to soon become a reality, thanks to ...

A soft electroactive gel enables untethered robots to deform, grip, and move using only external electric fields, eliminating ...

In the field of soft robotics, engineers use squishy materials ... building a fluidic control board. The Arduino brain controls and coordinates air valves to make the hand flash the peace sign ...

Appropriately named the Arduino Robot, the 7 x 4-inch (178 x 102-mm) circular wheeled device utilizes two stacked Arduino boards. The Control Board, which sits on top, reads the various onboard ...

If you enjoy building projects using either an Arduino microcontrollers ... interested in a new development board in the form of the Rex ARM-powered robot controller board. The Rex robot ...

London-based roboticist Evangelos Georgiou wants to offer an open-source platform for helping Arduino hobbyists take their projects mobile, thanks to a remote controlled robot called the RK-1 ...

As far as controlling robots goes ... by an L298N H-bridge board, with power courtesy of a trio of 18650 batteries. An Arduino Uno acts as the brains of the operation. Control is via a ...

Soft robotics could help revolutionize how humans interact with machines. But researchers have struggled to build entirely compliant robots. Electric power and control systems — such as batteries and ...

(CBS News) If you think all robots ... pumps off-board, but future prototypes could incorporate that equipment in a self-contained system." The prototype is just one of 75 different soft-bodied ...

Figure 1: Mobile soft-robotic systems inspired by a range of biological systems. The key challenge for creating soft machines that achieve their full potential is the development of controllable ...

The majority of soft robots today rely on external power and control, keeping them tethered to off-board systems or rigged with hard components. Now, researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson ...