DyRET, the Dynamic Robot for Embodied Testing, or “the animal” in the Norwegian of its creator, Tønnes Nygaard, was designed to explore the idea of a shape-shifting robot.

Formless 'slime' robots that shape-change to complete complex tasks – it sounds like science fantasy. However, MIT researchers have developed a machine-learning technique that brings shape ...

A robot with Terminator-like capabilities has been revealed in a new video. The robot is placed in a cage, liquifies to escape and then reforms to its original solid structure on the other side.

DyRET, the Dynamic Robot for Embodied Testing, or “the animal” in the Norwegian of its creator, Tønnes Nygaard, was designed to explore the idea of a shape-shifting robot.

The researchers demonstrated a wide range of possible tasks that this system could be used for. In one of the most dramatic videos, a humanoid “robot” stands in a jail cell, pacing back and ...

A combination of screengrabs from video showing shape-shifting robot.— Twitter/@NewsfromScience A tiny robot that can melt and rebuild into its former shape has been developed by researchers.

A spider-inspired robot called mCLARI weighs less than a gram and could one day be deployed to aid first responders following a natural disaster or help out in surgery.

In all, the robot can morph from about 34 millimeters (1.3 inches) wide in its square shape to about 21 millimeters (0.8 inches) wide in its elongated form.

A person-shaped robot liquifies to escape a cage, then cools back into its original shape in a mold placed in the ground outside the bars. Wang and Pan et al. under CC BY-SA Researchers have ...

Shape-changing, free-roaming soft robot created Date: March 18, 2020 Source: Stanford University Summary: A new type of robot combines traditional and soft robotics, making it safe but sturdy ...

Each component robot of the swarm is just a few centimeters across and is perched atop three legs that vibrate to give the robots locomotion. Each was hand-built and costs about $14, said Rubenstein.