Innovative robot fingers hold promise for assistive living, prosthetics
There's nothing quite like the comforting squeeze of your partner's hand. But a robot's hand? That's perhaps a bit different.
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Soft grippers can be 3-D printed on board ships to safely sample different types of sea life
The deep ocean—dark, cold, under high pressure, and airless—is notoriously inhospitable to humans, yet it teems with organisms that manage to thrive in its harsh environment. Studying those creatures requires specialized ...
Aug 1, 2018
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Why soft skills could power the rise of robot leaders
What would the world look like if socially skilled robots stepped into the roles normally reserved for humans?
Dec 3, 2020
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Robot arm tastes with engineered bacteria
A robotic gripping arm that uses engineered bacteria to "taste" for a specific chemical has been developed by engineers at the University of California, Davis, and Carnegie Mellon University. The gripper is a proof-of-concept ...
Jun 26, 2019
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Implanted device breakthrough: Step toward managing immune response in soft tissue
Researchers from the National University of Ireland Galway (NUI Galway), Massachusetts Institute of Technology and AMBER, the SFI Research Centre for Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research have today (Thursday, 29 ...
Aug 29, 2019
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Research could advance soft robotics manufacturing and design
Soft robots use pliant materials such as elastomers to interact safely with the human body and other challenging, delicate objects and environments. A team of Rice University researchers has developed an analytical model ...
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Transformative FiBa soft actuators pave the way for future soft robotics
Researchers have made groundbreaking advancements in the field of soft robotics by developing film-balloon (FiBa) soft robots. These innovative robots, designed by a team led by Dr. Terry Ching and corresponding author Professor ...
Aug 16, 2024
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Researchers develop process flow for high-res 3-D printing of mini soft robotic actuators
Soft robots are a class of robotic systems made of compliant materials and capable of safely adapting to complex environments. They have seen rapid growth recently and come in a variety of designs spanning multiple length ...
Aug 29, 2019
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Multiple helical magnetic soft robots carry us closer to understanding collective behaviors
Magnetic soft robots are a promising option for contactless control in confined environments via external magnetic stimuli. Magneto-induced motions, i.e., magnetomotility, are driven by local deformation of a robot whereby ...
Nov 20, 2019
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Soft robots could be the factory workers of the future
Killer robots are already among us. Not weaponised drones, but industrial robots working alongside humans in factories that can cause significant injuries and occasionally deaths if an accident occurs. In 2015, an employee ...
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