Last year, a South Korean team, inspired by octopus adaptations, developed a metamaterial-based soft machine capable of ...

An international team led by researchers at the University of Waterloo has developed a new material that can be used as ...

Researchers in South Korea develops a robot that can crawl, change colour and grab objects, all at the same time. It is made ...

A breakthrough from Canadian researchers brings us closer to robots that move with the power and grace of living organisms.

An international team led by researchers at the University of Waterloo has developed material that can be flexible ...

Robots and cameras of the future could be made of liquid crystals, thanks to a new discovery that significantly expands the potential of the chemicals already common in computer displays and digital ...

A soft robotic system uses liquid crystal elastomers to merge shape shifting, gripping, and color change, demonstrating fully ...

An international team led by researchers at the University of Waterloo has developed new material that can be used as ...

UC San Diego develops soft robotic skin to steer millimeter-scale vine robots through complex environments. Read more ...

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) present a versatile class of smart materials that merge the orientational order of liquid crystals with the elasticity of polymer networks. These composite materials ...

In liquid crystals, molecules automatically arrange themselves in an ordered fashion. Researchers have discovered a method that allows an anti-ordered state, which will enable novel material ...