Controlling sensori-motor systems in higher animals or complex robots is a challenging combinatorial problem, because many sensory signals need to be simultaneously coordinated into a broad ...

By using one physical principle—magnetism—to drive both movement and power, the team created a robot that is more efficient, ...

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In a first, Harvard scientists have created a 3D-printed, octopus-like robot that is entirely made of soft components and is powered by chemical reactions instead of rigid batteries and circuit boards ...

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Researchers at Harvard University have just created the first autonomous, entirely soft robot: the "octobot." Developed through a combination of 3-D printing, molding, and soft lithography, the ...

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Back-flipping robots made of metal and other hard materials may be a big hit on YouTube, but future military robots may need appendages that are far softer, stronger and flexible — more like natural ...