At less than one and a half inches tall, roughly the same height as a LEGO minifigure, the world's smallest self-contained ...

The soft actuator uses boiling water to move. It works without pumps or high voltage and is used in robots for real-world use ...

This material can expand, change shape, move, and respond to electromagnetic commands like a remotely controlled robot, even though it has no motor or internal gears. In a study that echoes scenes ...

In this case, the researchers built their metamaterial using a combination of simple ... assume new shapes, move and follow electromagnetic commands like a remotely controlled robot even though ...