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09/20/2018 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Soft robot developed by Harvard researchers uses kirigami paper craft techniques to move, inspired by snakeskin

Talk about life imitating art, or in this case, the other way around: Researchers from Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have taken inspiration from an ancient Japanese form of paper craft to make their latest technological wonder – a soft robot that moves just like a snake. The results of their […]

05/07/2018 / By Edsel Cook

New robotic fingers inspired by the gecko now being developed

Anyone who’s seen a gecko knows how sticky their toes are. The newest robotic gripper devised by California-based researchers takes a cue from those clingy lizards. The soft robot can grasp a much wider variety of objects, including some that were too slippery for previous robot hands, according to a NewsWise article. Geckos can climb […]

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