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Soft Robot Inspired by 450Million-year-old Organism

Many robots we cover are inspired by nature. Most of them modeled after animals and insects that are not extinct.…

1 year ago

Brainless Autonomous Soft Robot Can Escape Mazes

Here is a brainless soft robot that can escape mazes. Developed by researchers at NC State University, this robot doesn't…

1 year ago

Magnetically Actuated fiber-based Soft Robots

Here are soft tiny robots that can be controlled by a weak magnet. Scientists in Polina Anikeeva's lab at MIT’s…

1 year ago

This Soft Robot Pump Can Power Soft Robotic Fingers

Here is a soft robotic pump that can pump liquids of different viscosities, including gin and pineapple juice. SEAS researchers…

1 year ago

Soft Rotary Electromagnetic Motor Developed by Georgia Tech Researchers

Here is a soft rotary motor made using liquid metal, silicone polymers and compliant magnetic composites that can be squeezed…

2 years ago

University of Minnesota’s Plant-inspired Soft, Growing Robots

In the past few years, we have covered plenty of nature inspired robots here. University of Minnesota researchers have come…

2 years ago

These Tiny Soft Robots Can Split Into Tinier Bits & Reassemble

In the past few years, we have covered plenty of shape changing robots. A team of researchers at Soochow University…

2 years ago

These Tiny, Caterpillar-like Soft Millirobots Are Biodegradable

Millirobots are robots about as wide as a finger that could deliver drugs or perform minimally invasive surgeries in the…

2 years ago

This Soft Robotic Actuator Can be Scaled Down to 1 Centimeter

Here is a soft robotic actuator that can be scaled down to 1cm. Researchers at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia's Bioinspired…

2 years ago

PneuBots: Modular Inflatable Soft Robot Construction Kit

Meet the PneuBots: modular robot construction kit with 7 types of self-folding segments that can be used to assemble various…

3 years ago