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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.…

6 months 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…

8 months 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…

10 months 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…

10 months 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…

12 months 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…

2 years ago