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Complex and sophisticated, a plant’s mechanical systems could be the key to more advanced biohybrid softbotic designs.
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Texas A&M University joins a Northwestern University-led Engineering Research Center to bring highly skilled, affordable robotic assistance to the workforce and beyond.
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A fully edible robot could soon end up on our plate if we overcome some technical hurdles, say EPFL scientists involved in RoboFood – an EU-funded project which aims to marry robots and food.
Pneumatic actuators convert compressed air into mechanical motion, enabling precise and efficient control in various industrial applications.
A new algorithm learns to squish, bend, or stretch a robot’s entire body to accomplish diverse tasks like avoiding obstacles or retrieving items.
EPFL researchers are targeting the next generation of soft actuators and robots with an elastomer-based ink for 3D printing objects with locally changing mechanical properties, eliminating the need for cumbersome mechanical joints.
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Researchers develop metafluid with programmable response
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New modular, spring-like devices maximize the work of live muscle fibers so they can be harnessed to power biohybrid bots.
AIRSKIN® revolutionizes industrial automation by adding air-powered tactile skin for to robots to create safe, collaborative environments, ensuring maximum safety with PLe / Cat. 3 certification.
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A robot mimics the folded look of rose petals to grasp complex shapes more easily than a traditional hand. A pneumatic clamp makes it easier for people with motor disabilities to safely wield kitchen knives. Prostheses utilize shape memory polymers to better replicate the range of motion of a limb.
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Researchers at ETH Zurich have recently developed artificial muscles for robot motion. Their solution offers several advantages over previous technologies: it can be used wherever robots need to be soft rather than rigid or where they need more sensitivity when interacting with their environment.
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Strong enough to move soft robots and medical capsules, weak enough to not ruin MRI images
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In this episode, we talk about how a soft robotic exoskeleton from Harvard and Boston University is allowing patients suffering from Parkinson’s Disease to get their independence back by being able to walk safely without extra assistance.
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