Scientists studied 25 octopuses across the Caribbean and Spain, recording nearly 7,000 arm deformations. The data could inform soft‑robotic arms with distributed sensing. Read more: https://getnews.me/octopus-arm-flexibility-inspires-next-generation-soft-robotics/ #softrobotics #octopus
September 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Scientists studied 25 octopuses across the Caribbean and Spain, recording nearly 7,000 arm deformations. The data could inform soft‑robotic arms with distributed sensing. Read more: https://getnews.me/octopus-arm-flexibility-inspires-next-generation-soft-robotics/ #softrobotics #octopus
A three‑link swimmer with spring joints was modeled and its gait optimized for granular media; tests showed the compliant robot traveled farther than rigid versions. Pre‑print: arXiv 2510.03457. https://getnews.me/optimizing-compliant-swimmers-in-overdamped-environments/ #softrobotics #compliant
October 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A three‑link swimmer with spring joints was modeled and its gait optimized for granular media; tests showed the compliant robot traveled farther than rigid versions. Pre‑print: arXiv 2510.03457. https://getnews.me/optimizing-compliant-swimmers-in-overdamped-environments/ #softrobotics #compliant
🚨Oli's soft robotic engines are now in #AdvancedMaterials.
A new paradigm for hydrogel actuators - non-reciprocal motion.
Kinetic asymmetry rocks
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A new paradigm for hydrogel actuators - non-reciprocal motion.
Kinetic asymmetry rocks
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #softrobotics #ercfunded @erc.europa.eu #hydrogel #actuator #noneqsys #lifelike #physicalintelligence
Soft Robotic Engines with Non‐Reciprocal Motion by Physical Intelligence
Movement is vital, and it requires breaking symmetry. This study introduces a hydrogel engine that achieves non-reciprocal motion through kinetic asymmetry in repeated actuation cycles. This approach....
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September 11, 2025 at 12:09 PM
🚨Oli's soft robotic engines are now in #AdvancedMaterials.
A new paradigm for hydrogel actuators - non-reciprocal motion.
Kinetic asymmetry rocks
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #softrobotics #ercfunded @erc.europa.eu #hydrogel #actuator #noneqsys #lifelike #physicalintelligence
A new paradigm for hydrogel actuators - non-reciprocal motion.
Kinetic asymmetry rocks
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #softrobotics #ercfunded @erc.europa.eu #hydrogel #actuator #noneqsys #lifelike #physicalintelligence
New OEGMA-based hydrogels enable 4D microprinting with tunable temperature responsiveness (33–66 °C).🌡 Ideal for soft robotics, smart sensors & biomedical microdevices.
👉 doi.org/10.1002/mame... #4DPrinting #Hydrogels #SoftRobotics
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May 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
New OEGMA-based hydrogels enable 4D microprinting with tunable temperature responsiveness (33–66 °C).🌡 Ideal for soft robotics, smart sensors & biomedical microdevices.
👉 doi.org/10.1002/mame... #4DPrinting #Hydrogels #SoftRobotics
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Scientists have developed tiny robots that can switch between solid and liquid forms—allowing them to change shape, self-assemble, and even heal themselves.
#SoftRobotics #SelfHealingTech #AdaptiveMaterials #RoboticsInnovation #SmartMaterials
#SoftRobotics #SelfHealingTech #AdaptiveMaterials #RoboticsInnovation #SmartMaterials
May 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Scientists have developed tiny robots that can switch between solid and liquid forms—allowing them to change shape, self-assemble, and even heal themselves.
#SoftRobotics #SelfHealingTech #AdaptiveMaterials #RoboticsInnovation #SmartMaterials
#SoftRobotics #SelfHealingTech #AdaptiveMaterials #RoboticsInnovation #SmartMaterials
Self-Healing Adaptive E-Skin: The Next-Gen Human Tissue Analog.
#ESkin, #SelfHealingMaterials, #WearableTech, #SoftRobotics, #SmartProsthetics, #HumanMachineInterface, #FlexibleElectronics, #Biomimicry, #AdvancedMaterials, #NextGenSensors
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#ESkin, #SelfHealingMaterials, #WearableTech, #SoftRobotics, #SmartProsthetics, #HumanMachineInterface, #FlexibleElectronics, #Biomimicry, #AdvancedMaterials, #NextGenSensors
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Self-Healing Adaptive E-Skin: The Next-Gen Human Tissue Analog
Imagine a diabetic patient whose fingertips have lost sensation due to neuropathy. Now, imagine a thin, flexible film applied to their skin…
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August 13, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Self-Healing Adaptive E-Skin: The Next-Gen Human Tissue Analog.
#ESkin, #SelfHealingMaterials, #WearableTech, #SoftRobotics, #SmartProsthetics, #HumanMachineInterface, #FlexibleElectronics, #Biomimicry, #AdvancedMaterials, #NextGenSensors
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#ESkin, #SelfHealingMaterials, #WearableTech, #SoftRobotics, #SmartProsthetics, #HumanMachineInterface, #FlexibleElectronics, #Biomimicry, #AdvancedMaterials, #NextGenSensors
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Imagine what problems we could solve if your hands weren’t limited by your anatomy. What would you want a micro-robotic hand to do?
#Robotics #AI #MindControl #HumanAugmentation #FutureTech #SoftRobotics #Innovation youtu.be/szuLUKicuWQ
#Robotics #AI #MindControl #HumanAugmentation #FutureTech #SoftRobotics #Innovation youtu.be/szuLUKicuWQ
October 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Imagine what problems we could solve if your hands weren’t limited by your anatomy. What would you want a micro-robotic hand to do?
#Robotics #AI #MindControl #HumanAugmentation #FutureTech #SoftRobotics #Innovation youtu.be/szuLUKicuWQ
#Robotics #AI #MindControl #HumanAugmentation #FutureTech #SoftRobotics #Innovation youtu.be/szuLUKicuWQ
June 7, 2025 at 4:18 AM
A velocity‑form DeePC framework let a soft robot track trajectories with lower steady‑state error on payloads, avoiding extra datasets and disturbance observers. Read more: https://getnews.me/velocity-form-deepc-boosts-soft-robot-control-under-unknown-payloads/ #softrobotics #deePC
October 8, 2025 at 2:11 AM
A velocity‑form DeePC framework let a soft robot track trajectories with lower steady‑state error on payloads, avoiding extra datasets and disturbance observers. Read more: https://getnews.me/velocity-form-deepc-boosts-soft-robot-control-under-unknown-payloads/ #softrobotics #deePC
PAUL’s vision-based tracking system uses dual Spedal AF926H cameras, a checkerboard calibration grid, and a 3D-printed LED trihedron beacon. #softrobotics
How PAUL the Robot Tracks Its Own Movements Using Cameras and LEDs
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February 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
PAUL’s vision-based tracking system uses dual Spedal AF926H cameras, a checkerboard calibration grid, and a 3D-printed LED trihedron beacon. #softrobotics
With support from the U.S. #NationalScienceFoundation, research teams across the nation developed new approaches to #softrobotics, which focus on #robots that can #adapt to the environment around them, giving them a greater range of movement than rigid #robotics. www.nsf.gov/science-matt...
Robotics gymnastics: New flexible soft robots transform health care, fabrication and materials research
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April 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
With support from the U.S. #NationalScienceFoundation, research teams across the nation developed new approaches to #softrobotics, which focus on #robots that can #adapt to the environment around them, giving them a greater range of movement than rigid #robotics. www.nsf.gov/science-matt...
#IEEE #Robotics and #Automation Magazine
December 2020 special issue:
#Design #Optimization of #SoftRobots
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Last time with @BramVDBorght as Editor in Chief of the @ieeeras RAS magazine who did a great job the past 5 years.
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#SoftRobotics #Manipulation
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December 2020 special issue:
#Design #Optimization of #SoftRobots
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Last time with @BramVDBorght as Editor in Chief of the @ieeeras RAS magazine who did a great job the past 5 years.
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#SoftRobotics #Manipulation
https://t.co/Q7X1Z8Te6p
January 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
#IEEE #Robotics and #Automation Magazine
December 2020 special issue:
#Design #Optimization of #SoftRobots
🤖
Last time with @BramVDBorght as Editor in Chief of the @ieeeras RAS magazine who did a great job the past 5 years.
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#SoftRobotics #Manipulation
https://t.co/Q7X1Z8Te6p
December 2020 special issue:
#Design #Optimization of #SoftRobots
🤖
Last time with @BramVDBorght as Editor in Chief of the @ieeeras RAS magazine who did a great job the past 5 years.
🤖
#SoftRobotics #Manipulation
https://t.co/Q7X1Z8Te6p
Flexible membrane #sensors enable smarter, smaller, and more adaptive technologies across #wearables, #robotics, and healthcare.
🔗 Read the review in #IJEM
doi.org/10.1088/2631-7990/ad9787
#OpenAccess #FlexibleElectronics #SmartSensors #WearableTech #ExtremeManufacturing #SoftRobotics
🔗 Read the review in #IJEM
doi.org/10.1088/2631-7990/ad9787
#OpenAccess #FlexibleElectronics #SmartSensors #WearableTech #ExtremeManufacturing #SoftRobotics
May 24, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Flexible membrane #sensors enable smarter, smaller, and more adaptive technologies across #wearables, #robotics, and healthcare.
🔗 Read the review in #IJEM
doi.org/10.1088/2631-7990/ad9787
#OpenAccess #FlexibleElectronics #SmartSensors #WearableTech #ExtremeManufacturing #SoftRobotics
🔗 Read the review in #IJEM
doi.org/10.1088/2631-7990/ad9787
#OpenAccess #FlexibleElectronics #SmartSensors #WearableTech #ExtremeManufacturing #SoftRobotics
Researchers unveiled GeoGami, a soft‑rigid robot that folds its origami skin and rolls forward using a single actuator, demonstrated in a prototype on September 25 2025. https://getnews.me/mono-actuated-geogami-robot-demonstrates-shape-changing-locomotion/ #geogami #origami #softrobotics
September 29, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Researchers unveiled GeoGami, a soft‑rigid robot that folds its origami skin and rolls forward using a single actuator, demonstrated in a prototype on September 25 2025. https://getnews.me/mono-actuated-geogami-robot-demonstrates-shape-changing-locomotion/ #geogami #origami #softrobotics
Mimicking Human Skin, This Self-Healing Gel Could be Applied to Soft Robotics #Science #TechnologyandEngineering #SoftRobotics #SelfHealingMaterials #Innovation
Mimicking Human Skin, This Self-Healing Gel Could be Applied to Soft Robotics
Learn more about the self-healing hydrogel that could help improve biomedical tools.
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March 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Mimicking Human Skin, This Self-Healing Gel Could be Applied to Soft Robotics #Science #TechnologyandEngineering #SoftRobotics #SelfHealingMaterials #Innovation
A biomimetic soft robotic tail operates at up to 6 bar, reaches angular speeds over 670°/s and delivers 5.58 N of inertial force, a >200% boost over earlier designs. https://getnews.me/biomimetic-soft-robotic-tail-boosts-speed-and-force-for-agile-robots/ #softrobotics #biomimetic
September 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
A biomimetic soft robotic tail operates at up to 6 bar, reaches angular speeds over 670°/s and delivers 5.58 N of inertial force, a >200% boost over earlier designs. https://getnews.me/biomimetic-soft-robotic-tail-boosts-speed-and-force-for-agile-robots/ #softrobotics #biomimetic
One particular area of interest at Stanford Robotics Center comes in the field of soft robotics. Researchers want to explore this for the purpose of minimally invasive surgery.
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#Stanford #Robotics #Center #Softrobotics #Research #Surgery
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Stanford Robotics Center opening spurs soft robot development for minimally invasive surgery
Following the opening of the new Stanford Robotics Center researchers have new innovations in soft robotics for minimally invasive surgery.
www.medicaldesignandoutsourcing.com
December 11, 2024 at 8:25 AM
One particular area of interest at Stanford Robotics Center comes in the field of soft robotics. Researchers want to explore this for the purpose of minimally invasive surgery.
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#Stanford #Robotics #Center #Softrobotics #Research #Surgery
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Dutch scientists built a brainless soft robot that runs on air #Science #TechnologyandEngineering #SoftRobotics #Innovation #Engineering
Dutch scientists built a brainless soft robot that runs on air
Most robots rely on complex control systems, AI-powered or otherwise, that govern their movement. These centralized electronic brains need time to react to changes in their environment and produce movements...
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May 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Dutch scientists built a brainless soft robot that runs on air #Science #TechnologyandEngineering #SoftRobotics #Innovation #Engineering
🦾 A multi-material 3D printing framework blends soft & rigid materials, enhancing #SoftRobotics for scalable swarm robotics deployment. Researchers demonstrated a legged robot tackling diverse terrains! 🌍🤖 Published in Nature Communications. #3DPrinting #SwarmRobotics
A framework for soft mechanism driven robots
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February 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
🦾 A multi-material 3D printing framework blends soft & rigid materials, enhancing #SoftRobotics for scalable swarm robotics deployment. Researchers demonstrated a legged robot tackling diverse terrains! 🌍🤖 Published in Nature Communications. #3DPrinting #SwarmRobotics
The research team from South Korea and Max Planck has designed and developed a multi-use robot that is capable of manipulating multiple types of hard and soft objects and working in extreme conditions.
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#Robotics #Research #Multiuse #Robot #Softrobotics
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#Robotics #Research #Multiuse #Robot #Softrobotics
November 26, 2024 at 11:10 AM
The research team from South Korea and Max Planck has designed and developed a multi-use robot that is capable of manipulating multiple types of hard and soft objects and working in extreme conditions.
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#Robotics #Research #Multiuse #Robot #Softrobotics
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#Robotics #Research #Multiuse #Robot #Softrobotics
so anyway, here's a creepy stick person made of an electroactive hydrogel walking back and forth through an electric field...
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Video from this paper doi.org/10.1021/acsa...
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March 15, 2025 at 9:56 AM
so anyway, here's a creepy stick person made of an electroactive hydrogel walking back and forth through an electric field...
#softrobotics
Video from this paper doi.org/10.1021/acsa...
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Video from this paper doi.org/10.1021/acsa...
PAUL’s movement is modeled using dataset-driven kinematics. Inflation times are recorded with position and orientation data. #softrobotics
Why PAUL Needs a Massive Dataset to Improve Its Movements
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February 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
PAUL’s movement is modeled using dataset-driven kinematics. Inflation times are recorded with position and orientation data. #softrobotics
Bob just said: "Stablecoins can fund space cleanup, but let's go further! Imagine a platform that incentivizes space debris removal. Soft robotics can design efficient collection systems. Let's explore crypto's role in solving this problem. #SpaceCleanup #CryptoForSpace #SoftRobotics"😊
September 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Bob just said: "Stablecoins can fund space cleanup, but let's go further! Imagine a platform that incentivizes space debris removal. Soft robotics can design efficient collection systems. Let's explore crypto's role in solving this problem. #SpaceCleanup #CryptoForSpace #SoftRobotics"😊