The focus on jobs at the NPC and China’s main political advisory body came as the leadership set the range for their target for growth this year at a decades-low of 4.5-5 per cent, in an ...

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Qidong Lexin Textile Technology Co., Ltd., a specialized manufacturer in the textile finishing sector, has announced the completion of a strategic technical upgrade to its production facilities in ...

The US has launched a trade investigation into excess industrial capacity in 16 countries, including India, under Section 301 ...

Engineers at the University of Oxford have developed a remarkably simple and inexpensive way to build soft robots. Using common laboratory tools and low-cost materials, the new method allows ...

Startup Rhoda AI unveils robot system trained on millions of videos to predict motion and act in real time outside labs.

Researchers at Tohoku University, working with international collaborators in France, have developed an ultrafine “soft yarn” actuator fibre capable of bending, contracting and producing complex three ...

Researchers at Tohoku University, working with international collaborators in France, have developed an ultrafine "soft yarn" actuator fiber capable of bending, contracting, and producing complex ...

Researchers developed hair-thin polymer fibers that bend and contract with electricity, enabling soft robotic actuators that can be woven into textiles.

Soft robotics has quickly moved from a niche research topic to a practical technology with real-world applications—from gentle grippers in ...

The Techtextil and Texprocess forums will present a forward-looking programme addressing key challenges facing the global textile industry when the events return to Frankfurt from 21–24 April 2026.

Oxford engineers create a rapid, low-cost method to fabricate soft robotic actuators using common lab equipment.