Engineers from Harvard University have developed a soft, wearable robotic device for movement assistance. The robot combines machine learning and a physics-based model to learn each user’s unique ...

Discover the groundbreaking Soft Robotic Exosuit developed by Harvard—an innovation that is changing the future of wearable ...

Advances in robot design, actuation, and control have benefitted from biological inspiration, which has perhaps most influenced the soft robotics community. Furthermore, many scientists interested in ...

For many people living with neurodegenerative diseases or recovering from stroke, daily routines can become exhausting challenges. Simple actions like brushing teeth, raising a fork, or combing hair ...

The fastest-ever swimming soft robot has been inspired by manta rays. A team of American researchers beat its own speed record by drawing inspiration from the iconic sea creatures to improve their ...

Fossils of a marine animal that lived 500 million years ago, combined with computer simulations, informed the design of a new soft robot. Soft robotics is the study of creating robots from soft ...