Researchers have developed a proof-of-concept robot that is able to grow, a functionality that may have big implications for the medical field in coming years,… ...

Scientists created robots controlled by signals come from mycelia - the branching underground networks that support mushrooms ...

In a move that inches us just a little closer to the singularity, engineers have developed robots that can grow, self-repair, and morph by absorbing parts from other robots. They can also help ...

NEWS 25 January 2024 Self-growing robot copies the behaviour of climbing plants Researchers have created a vine-like robot that grows by 3D-printing itself and responds to gravity and light.

Scientist have grown human cells on a robot skeleton, hoping that by moving the skeleton they can better approximate the cells’ natural growing environment. The cells certainly grew, but it’s ...

In this manner, the robot 3D-prints its own body in successive coiled layers of molten plastic, which bond together as they cool.