Prof. Guoying Gu team from Shanghai Jiao Tong University unveiled millimeter-scale soft robots today, solving a minimally ...

The robots are made from "truss links" — six-sided elongated rods with magnetic connectors that can contract and expand with other modules. These modules can be assembled and disassembled as well. The ...

Scientists have created a prototype robot that can grow, heal and improve itself by integrating material from its environment or by "consuming" other robots. It's a big step forward in developing ...