MIT researchers have unveiled a new tool for navigating disaster zones: the Soft Pathfinding Robotic Observation Unit, or SPROUT. This flexible, inflatable robot is designed to thread its way through ...

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MIT has recently unveiled a novel design concept focusing on the development of flexible skeletons tailored for soft, muscle-powered robots. Engineers have long been intrigued by the potential of ...

Imagine having a continuum soft robotic arm bend around a bunch of grapes or broccoli, adjusting its grip in real time as it lifts the object. Unlike traditional rigid robots that generally aim to ...

Picture a robot capable of changing its shape on demand, squishing, bending, or stretching to perform various tasks like navigating tight spaces or retrieving objects. While this may sound like ...

A team at MIT’s CSAIL demonstrated a new kind of “skin” designed to bring a sense of touch and place to soft robotic arms. The findings, which debuted in the IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters this ...