Autonomous delivery robots are already starting to change the way goods move around cities and warehouses, but most still need humans to load and unload their cargo. That's where LEVA comes in.

MIT and Stanford built vine-like soft robots that wrap, lift, and gently carry objects — even humans — using inflatable ...

Ground-going delivery robots are already streamlining operations in various industries, but they typically still have to be loaded and unloaded by humans. That's where the multi-terrain LEVA bot comes ...

In the horticultural world, some vines are especially grabby. As they grow, the woody tendrils can wrap around obstacles with ...

Engineers at MIT and Stanford University have developed a vine-like robotic gripper that wraps around objects before gently ...

The warehouses of the world are surprisingly empty spaces. These essential nodes of the intricate global goods movement system are packed with stuff, but they also include a significant amount of ...

A new development from the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in South Korea could advance the field of soft robotics. The team successfully created a novel artificial muscle ...

Equipment for mass-producing a lightweight and flexible 'muscle fabric' by weaving shape-memory alloy threads has been developed. This is expected to accelerate the commercialization of clothing-type ...