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Soft robot can carry cargo up and down steep aerial wires
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Soft robot can carry cargo up and down steep aerial wires

Credit: North Carolina State University Researchers have created a light-powered soft robot that can carry loads through the air along established tracks, similar...

RoboBee gets crane fly-inspired legs for soft touchdowns
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RoboBee gets crane fly-inspired legs for soft touchdowns

The Harvard RoboBee with crane fly-inspired legs. Credit: Eliza Grinnell / Harvard SEAS Communications The Harvard RoboBee has long shown it can fly,...

Tiny, soft robot flexes its potential as a lifesaver
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Tiny, soft robot flexes its potential as a lifesaver

These tiny robots use magnetism to move and explore tight spaces, potentially including disaster rubble or the human body. Credit: Jennifer M. McCann A...

Japanese scientist want to use human soft tissue for compute and I can’t shake off the thought of the original Matrix movie
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Japanese scientist want to use human soft tissue for compute and I can’t shake off the thought of the original Matrix movie

Physical reservoir computing is a muscle-powered Matrix-like concept Human tissue’s nonlinear behavior could support real-world data processing New study imagines biology and machines...

Wheel-less helical ring-based soft robot can move reliably in all directions
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Wheel-less helical ring-based soft robot can move reliably in all directions

Side view of the WHERE-Bot turning inside-out (everting) and moving toward the heavier side (left). Credit: Feng et al. Over the past decades,...

Soft, air-filled ‘muscles’ power a new robotic exosuit
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Soft, air-filled ‘muscles’ power a new robotic exosuit

The soft “muscle,” shown in this diagram applying torque to the wrist, is made from an an extremely strong and intricately woven, airtight...

Artificial muscle flexes in multiple directions, offering a path to soft, wiggly robots
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Artificial muscle flexes in multiple directions, offering a path to soft, wiggly robots

MIT engineers grew an artificial, muscle-powered structure that pulls both concentrically and radially, much like how the iris in the human eye acts...

Developing 3D-printed soft material actuators that can mimic real muscles
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Developing 3D-printed soft material actuators that can mimic real muscles

Complexity on a small scale: A 3D-printed soft actuator or “artificial muscle.” Credit: Empa Empa researchers are working on producing artificial muscles that...

I used to give Asake N700 plate of rice, soft drink as performance fee – Yemi Elesho [VIDEO]
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I used to give Asake N700 plate of rice, soft drink as performance fee – Yemi Elesho [VIDEO]

Yemi Elesho has claimed that he used to buy food and carbonated drinks for Asake. The content creator during a recent live session...