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Soft Robotics

11/01/2018 / By Edsel Cook

New fabrication process creates millimeter-sized soft robot that looks like a spider

Imagine a robot with a soft body that is shaped like a spider and is no bigger than a penny. That is what a Harvard-led team of researchers has produced using a new manufacturing method that can build millimeter-scale soft robots, an article in Science Daily stated. The researchers believe that soft robots wearing the […]

09/01/2018 / By David Williams

Experts in soft robotics field create low-cost robots able to lift 200 times their weight and heal themselves

The next-generation of robots created by some of today’s leading scientists might be just as flexible and just as nimble as humans – even capable of healing surface wounds – according to details of a recent report. In the field of soft robotics, a group of researchers has reportedly made a recent breakthrough that allowed for […]

07/28/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Researchers develop an artificial nervous system that gives robots the ability to sense touch

American and Korean researchers have given robots yet another sense once restricted to living organisms: the sense of touch. An article in Science Daily stated that the researchers developed artificial sensory nerves that work like the real thing. When attached to a cockroach’s leg, the artificial nerves can trigger the twitch reflex. The nerves are […]

07/17/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Next-gen devices could operate not on electricity or batteries but on LIGHT

A future generation of electronic devices could do away with the need for batteries or the local power grid by drawing energy from light. And by “light,” the joint research group working on these devices means all forms of light, not just sunlight, a Nano Werk article states. Such devices can dispense with the need […]

07/03/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Engineers develop a “soft robot” that uses responsive materials to swim through water

American researchers presented the very first swimming robots that do not need motors, servos, or a supply of power for propulsion. In a Science Daily article, the soft robots are made of responsive materials that change their shape whenever the temperature shifts. The regular deforming and reforming of their materials allow the robots to paddle […]

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 […]

04/23/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Scientists develop novel robotic arm that can be used in extreme environments (like outer space)

Borrowing ideas from the Japanese art of origami, a Korean research team devised a folding robotic arm. According to an article on Science Daily, the mechanical limb is capable of self-assembly and possesses high rigidity. The Seoul National University (SNC) design leveraged variable stiffness technology, which uses complex mechatronic actuators to combine the strengths of […]

03/24/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Embedded sensors may provide robots with sensory capabilities

Not satisfied with the nature-inspired soft robots they’ve already created, a Harvard University (Harvard) research team is planning to install embedded sensors that will let their creations sense movement, pressure, touch, and temperature like living organisms do. In fact, reported an AlphaGalileo article, they based the idea upon the sensory capabilities of the human body. Previous Harvard-designed robots can […]

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