Plant-inspired robot curls and climbs like a vine

Plants might not seem like the most exciting thing to model robots after, but they could make for high-tech decorations or house plants that look after themselves. Now, a team of Italian researchers has developed a soft robot that moves like plant tendrils, climbing and curling around objects.

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Category: Robotics

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• Italian Institute of Technology
• Plants
• Robot
• Robotic
• Robotics
• Robots

from New Atlas (Gizmag) http://bit.ly/2sS8HkM