The intrinsic compliance of soft robots provides safety, a natural adaptation to its
environment, allows to absorb shocks, and protects them against mechanical impacts …

Abstract Machines powered by artificial intelligence increasingly mediate our social, cultural,
economic and political interactions. Understanding the behaviour of artificial intelligence …

Legged robots pose one of the greatest challenges in robotics. Dynamic and agile
maneuvers of animals cannot be imitated by existing methods that are crafted by humans. A …

One of the ambitions of Science Robotics is to deeply root robotics research in science while
developing novel robotic platforms that will enable new scientific discoveries. Of our 10 …

Designing agile locomotion for quadruped robots often requires extensive expertise and
tedious manual tuning. In this paper, we present a system to automate this process by …

Synthetic biology and bioengineering provide the opportunity to create novel embodied
cognitive systems (otherwise known as minds) in a very wide variety of chimeric …

Living systems are more robust, diverse, complex, and supportive of human life than any
technology yet created. However, our ability to create novel lifeforms is currently limited to …

We review a recent shift in conceptions of interoception and its relationship to hierarchical
inference in the brain. The notion of interoceptive inference means that bodily states are …

Ability to continuously learn and adapt from limited experience in nonstationary
environments is an important milestone on the path towards general intelligence. In this …

Many organisms, including various species of spiders and caterpillars, change their shape
to switch gaits and adapt to different environments. Recent technological advances, ranging …