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Northwestern University engineers develop soft, flexible device that makes robots move by expanding and contracting.
Researchers used it to create a cylindrical, worm-like soft robot and an artificial bicep.
Because the researchers 3D-printed the body of the soft actuator using a common rubber, the resulting robots cost about $3 in materials, excluding the small motor that drives the actuator’s shape change.
Researchers from Northwestern University have created a soft robot that moves like a bicep.
The actuator is made using 3D printing to create muscle-like movements with the turn of a motor.
The resulting worm-like robot was compact (measuring just 26 centimeters in length) and crawled.
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