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(Nanowerk News) MIT scientists have developed tiny, soft-bodied robots that can be controlled with a weak magnet. The robots, formed from rubbery magnetic spirals, can be programmed to walk, crawl, ...

The research focuses on expanding the use of insect-scale robots measured in mere millimeters, the tiny size of which lends itself to applications in the human body. Back in 2018, we looked at an ...

Origami isn’t just art anymore. A team of researchers at North Carolina State University has developed a new 3D printing technique that gives origami robots a life of their own, thanks to paper-thin ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Federal safety officials have issued warnings about magnetic toys made by seven different companies, telling consumers to get rid of them immediately. Experts have been sounding the ...

The next generation of soft robots might be folding and sliding as effortlessly as living tissue, say a team of engineers who have created “magnetic muscles” with 3D printing. Filling elastic, ...

Buckyballs CEO says the office toy is not defective and marketed to adults. Sept. 12, 2012— -- Buckyballs, a toy made up of small magnetic beads that can be molded into different shapes, is one ...