Most three-dimensional glass objects are produced via either a molding, blowing or perhaps even 3D-printing process. Chinese scientists, however, have devised a technique of folding such items into ...

Robotic hands have a tough time getting a grip on pliable objects, but it's not for lack of trying -- most make do with rigid pincers that aren't designed for precision grasping. Fortunately, if a ...

North Carolina State University researchers created a robotic gripper with unprecedented strength and flexibility. It is gentle enough to fold a cloth, pick up a water drop, and grab microfilms ...

Robotic arms are fascinating devices, capable of immense speed and precision when carrying out their tasks. They’re also capable of carrying great loads, and a full-sized industrial robot in operation ...

The 3,500 people who swallow button batteries each year may soon have the option to chase the tiny hazards with origami robots, programmed to push them to the exits. While most people pass button cell ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... After 1-year-old Emmett Rauch ate a lithium battery, he began vomiting blood, prompting a visit to critical care and emergency surgery. A doctor later would ...

It is the double strands of our genes that make them so strong. Using a technique known as DNA origami, biophysicists have been building nanometer-scale objects for several years. Now scientists have ...

TWISTER (TWISted TowEr Robot) is a patent-pending 3D-printed soft robot developed by Case Western Reserve University’s Kiju Lee, the Nord Distinguished Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace ...

A joint team of American and British scientists have developed a tiny 'origami robot', which can be swallowed and used to remove foreign objects from the stomach. The robot, created by researchers ...