With all the sci-fi movies and books at our disposal, and with our imagination fueled even further by the increasingly daring space missions our species is attempting, it's not hard to imagine a ...

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Robotic ‘spiders’ could be the key to building large-scale structures in space, according to ESA’s Advanced Concepts Team. The tiny mechanical spiders would inch their way across large nets of fabric ...

What would a space ER look like? Bio-inks, magnetic robots, and fungi-inspired tubes are just some of the futuristic options. By Tatyana Woodall Published Jul 25, 2023 9:00 AM EDT Get the Popular ...

Once inside, a magnetic field guides and unfolds it at the target site, where it releases medicine in a controlled and steady ...

The next generation of soft robots might be folding and sliding as effortlessly as living tissue, say a team of engineers who ...

Australian construction robot Charlotte uses sand, crushed brick and recycled glass to 3D print fireproof, floodproof homes ...

A new 3-D printing technique can create paper-thin "magnetic muscles," which can be applied to origami structures to make them move.