Biological systems have inspired the development of next-generation soft robotic systems with diverse motions and functions.

Squishy, Soft Robots Crawl Their Way to the Cutting Edge of Science 2 minute read This photo is a video of a soft robot that has crawled to a glass plate, elevated off the ground.

A soft robot that mimics a caterpillar by using liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) with paper-based electrodes to create ...

Asymmetric bending is a promising way to achieve rapid and efficient crawling in soft robots. In a recent innovation, ...

Researchers create a caterpillar-like soft robot using paper-based electrodes and LCEs for controlled crawling.

A new twist on artificial 'muscles' for safer, softer robots Simplified, low-cost soft actuators enable worm-like crawling, bicep-like lifting and more Date: July 10, 2024 Source: Northwestern ...

Combining liquid crystal polymers and bioinspired angled bristles lets soft robots crawl forward simply when illuminated with infrared light.

Jul 10, 2023 Magnetic robots walk, crawl, and swim (Nanowerk News) MIT scientists have developed tiny, soft-bodied robots that can be controlled with a weak magnet. The robots, formed from rubbery ...

A new type of soft robot can crawl like a worm, climb cables, and suddenly snap into a completely different shape to move in a new direction—all controlled by a single air input. This ...

A group of Tufts researchers working on building a new type of robot is looking for help from an unusual source: caterpillars. The goal of the project, led by Professor Barry Trimmer, is to build the ...

This process finally resulted in energy-efficient soft robots capable of directional crawling at a low actuation voltage value via paper substrate integration with LCEs in a bilayer architecture.