Magnetic robots walk, crawl, and swim - MIT News
Jul 7, 2023 · MIT scientists 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, swim …
Real-time in situ magnetization reprogramming for soft robotics
Aug 4, 2025 · Here we introduce a method for real-time in situ magnetization reprogramming that enables the rearrangement and recombination of magnetic units to achieve diverse magnetization …
Magnetic soft robots: Design, actuation, and function
Nov 20, 2022 · In this review, we summarize state-of-the-art progress in magnetic soft materials and robots. First, we present a brief introduction to the recent design and fabrication of magnetic soft …
A folding magnetic soft sheet robot: Enabling precise targeted drug ...
2 days ago · A research team from China University of Mining and Technology has designed a groundbreaking folding magnetic soft sheet robot powered by magnetorheological fluids, featuring …
Flexible Magnetic Soft Sheet Robot Paves the Way for Precise, Real …
1 day ago · In summation, the magnetic soft sheet robot with real-time reconfigurable magnetization epitomizes a technological tour de force, bridging soft material design, adaptive magnetic actuation, …
Untethered small-scale magnetic soft robot with programmable
Jun 22, 2022 · There has been tremendous progress in recent years in the development of small-scale, untethered soft robotic systems that are capable of programmable shape morphing through …
Hard-magnetic soft continuum robots: Modeling, design and
Jul 28, 2025 · Magnetic soft continuum robots (MSCRs) integrate remote and untethered actuation capability and inherent biocompatible nature of magnetic fields with the compliance of soft …
Manta ray soft robot uses magnetic fields to swim autonomously
Nov 26, 2025 · Magnetic fields enhance flexible batteries, enabling manta ray-inspired soft robots to swim and think autonomously.
Thermo-magnetic soft robot for adaptive locomotion and delivery
Apr 28, 2025 · In this study, we introduce the thermo-magnetic petal morphing robot (TMPMR), a soft robotic platform that synergistically combines the thermal responsiveness of LCEs with the …
Flexible Magnetic Soft Sheet Robot Paves the Way for Precise, Real …
22 hours ago · The novel magnetic soft sheet robot is conceived as a four-layered fully soft structure, ingeniously combining two outer linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) layers sandwiching a core …