This Robot Is Soft and Squishy Inside and Out—No Wires or Batteries Necessary “Octobot” uses a deceptively simple fuel source and inspiration from the depths of the sea ...

Inspired by the traditional Japanese art of origami, self-folding robots can go places and do things traditional robots cannot. A major drawback to these devices, however, has been the need to ...

They can also involve hazardous materials. By levitating inside such an environment the micro-robot would leave no footprints, so to speak, and need no connecting wires.