Published: Jan. 17, 2017

Visual of the self healing material.Today, we think of robots as rigid, clunky and metallic.

But imagine a day in the future when robots are soft and human-like, with skin-like material covering muscles that move just like ours.

That future may be closer than you realize, thanks to new joint research from ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Boulder assistant professor Christoph Keplinger's research group and the University of California Riverside...