Flexible & Soft Robots

Soft Starfish Robot with Machine Learning

Underwater soft robots can be challenging to control due to their high degrees of freedom. Complex fluid dynamics can make…

3 years ago

Soft Robots That Use Camera & Shadows to Sense Human Touch

Soft robots are getting more advanced all the time. As Cornell Researchers show in this video, soft robots can use…

3 years ago

PneuFinger Soft Robot Gripper for Multi-Item Grasping

In the past few years, we have covered plenty of soft robot grippers here. The PneuFinger takes it to the…

3 years ago

Shape Changing Origami Robotic Fingertip

We have already covered a bunch of soft robots that can grab and move objects of all sizes and shapes.…

3 years ago

Researchers Develop Shape Changing Robotic Fabric

Here is a robotic fabric developed by Yale researchers that can stand up, stiffen, and soften to change shape to…

4 years ago

Astro: Shape Changing Agile & Soft Robot

Meet Astro: another entry in the RoboSoft 2020 competition that uses adaptable wheels and legs to change shape and navigate.…

4 years ago

Cambridge Soft Hover Robot

Here is a soft hover robot that expands to adapt to rough terrain. It can change its shape by inflating…

4 years ago

Robotic Gripper with Soft Sensitive Fingers for Manipulating Cables

Here is a robotic gripper with soft sensitive fingers that can handle cables with dexterity. Developed by researchers from MIT’s…

4 years ago

Festo’s BionicMobileAssistant with Pneumatic Gripper Hand

Meet the Festo's BionicMobileAssistant: a mobile robot with a pneumatic gripping hand that can move autonomously in space and independently…

4 years ago

Soft Robot Gripper Handling Taco Shells

Robots are capable of moving, lifting, and manipulating all kinds of objects. Handling fragile items like taco shells comes with…

4 years ago