Before the octobot, soft robots were either hybrids—pliable exteriors with hard guts of batteries or wires—or soft models tethered to an external cord. The octobot eliminates these restrictions.

A US company has designed a robot tank that could be used to tackle fires that are too dangerous for firefighters. The device, called Thermite 3.0, is made from aircraft grade aluminium and steel ...

It’s always interesting to see new and innovative means of robot locomotion ... and wrapped in a rubber tank tread like gripper material. The resultant motion is predictably omnidirectional ...