Peacock spider inspires small, soft, fluid-powered robots

The classic image of a robot is rigid and metallic, but if they're ever going to work alongside humans in the real world, they're going to need a softer touch. Harvard researchers have developed a new method for producing small-scale squishy robots, and demonstrated it by creating a flexible robotic peacock spider, driven by a microfluidics system.

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Category: Robotics

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• Harvard
• Microfluidic
• Robotic
• Robotics
• Soft Robotics
• Spiders
• Wyss Institute

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