Harvard Unveils a Toolkit for Soft Robots
If you’re interested in moving from hard to soft robots, Harvard University is now providing free instructions, guidelines, and starter code online. The Soft Robotics Toolkit Website includes detailed...
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Researchers at Purdue University have built soft robots using shape-memory alloys (SMAs) woven into fabric. By orienting the alloy threads in different ways and wrapping it around foam blocks, the...
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A Soft Material that Moves When Exposed to Light Could be Ideal for Robotics
When exposed to non-uniform light, the SP-BZ gel moves. This diagram shows how the material moves over time when only the ends are exposed to light.(Photo Credit: University of Pittsburgh) Researchers...
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Will Soft Robots Speed Up?
These soft-robot actuators quickly convert a small input into a big output. (Photo credit: Credit: Johannes Overvelde/The Bertoldi Lab) Researchers at Harvard have developed faster actuators that might...
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Remote Control for Soft Robots
This image shows a selective actuation of the side arms of a soft robot in a horizontal uniform magnetic field. (Photo credit: Sumeet Mishra, North Carolina State University.) Researchers from North...
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‘Squishy’ robot fingers aid deep sea exploration
Soft robotic gripper is attached (lower left) to the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) as it is lowered into the Red Sea for a test dive.(Photo credit: Kevin Galloway, Wyss Institute at Harvard...
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WPI’s Berenson Receives IEEE Early Career Award
Dmitry Berenson, assistant professor of computer science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. (Photo credit: WPI) Dmitry Berenson, assistant professor of computer science at Worcester Polytechnic...
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