Harvey SandstromApr 18
MIT has developed a surprisingly practical electrically-driven soft-actuator. Although technically hydraulic, it eliminates conventional pumps valves and resivoirs, instead using "fiber pumps" which are long tubes with helical internal electrodes. They can move fluid in either direction without moving parts by applying a high voltage. The fluid is pushed into a flexible "muscle" from the opposing muscle which acts as the resivoir. #ElectricalEngineering #SoftRobotics
https://www.media.mit.edu/articles/a-new-type-of-electrically-driven-artificial-muscle-fiber/
A new type of electrically driven artificial muscle fiber – MIT Media Lab

MIT researchers develop electrically driven artificial muscle fiber for soft robotics and prosthetics: compact, powerful, efficient systems

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3D Print 🧵 3Dable.ITMar 26
Korean researchers have developed 4D printed polymers using an industrial waste material that could transform soft robotics. The team from Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology created printable polymers that overcome a longstanding manufacturing challenge in flexible robotics. https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/krict-researchers-develop-4d-printed-polymers-redefining-soft-robotics-250163/ #3Dprint #3Dprinting #Research #SoftRobotics #KRICT
KRICT Researchers Develop 4D Printed Polymers Redefining Soft Robotics - 3D Printing Industry

Soft robotics has a longstanding problem: the materials that make robots flexible and lifelike are notoriously difficult to manufacture into precise, useful shapes. A team of researchers from the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) may have found a way around that, using one of the cheapest and most overlooked industrial waste materials available: […]

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Scientific FrontlineMar 10
The soft fiber actuator is an ultrafine, electrically driven "soft yarn" made from flexible polymer capable of bending, contracting, and producing complex three-dimensional movements upon the application of an electrical voltage.
#MaterialScience #SoftRobotics #BiomedicalEngineering #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/ms03102601.html
Soft Fibers that Move with Electricity

Soft actuators - materials that convert electrical energy into motion

purescience_newsMar 2
Engineers Create Soft Robots That Can Literally Walk on Water #Science #TechnologyandEngineering #SoftRobotics #WaterWalking #EngineeringInnovation
https://purescience.news/article?id=958364
Engineers Create Soft Robots That Can Literally Walk on Water

Scientists have developed HydroSpread, a novel technique for building soft robots on water, with wide-ranging possibilities in robotics, healthcare, and environmental monitoring. Picture a miniature robot, no larger than a leaf, gliding effortlessly across the surface of a pond, much like a water strider. In the future, machines of this scale could be deployed to [...]

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purescience_newsMar 2
Engineers Create Soft Robots That Can Literally Walk on Water #Science #TechnologyandEngineering #SoftRobotics #WaterWalking #EngineeringInnovation
https://purescience.news/article?id=958364
Engineers Create Soft Robots That Can Literally Walk on Water

Scientists have developed HydroSpread, a novel technique for building soft robots on water, with wide-ranging possibilities in robotics, healthcare, and environmental monitoring. Picture a miniature robot, no larger than a leaf, gliding effortlessly across the surface of a pond, much like a water strider. In the future, machines of this scale could be deployed to [...]

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Hackaday [Unofficial]Feb 13

3D Printing Pneumatic Channels With Dual Materials for Soft Robots

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/02/13/3d-printing-pneumatic-channels-with-dual-materials-for-soft-robots/

13Feb 13
3D Printing Pneumatic Channels With Dual Materials for Soft Robots https://hackaday.com/2026/02/13/3d-printing-pneumatic-channels-with-dual-materials-for-soft-robots/
#RobotsHacks #Pneumatic #Softrobotics
3D Printing Pneumatic Channels With Dual Materials For Soft Robots

Pneumatics are a common way to add some motion to soft robotic actuators, but adding it to a robot can be somewhat of a chore. A method demonstrated by [Jackson K. Wilt] et al. (press release, prep…

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Jan Schmidt-PrüferJan 21

🧪Dehnbare Leiter aus Flüssigmetall: leitfähig bei 500% Dehnung, selbstheilend aber noch weit von Marktreife

👉 Meine Meinung: Der Impuls zählt. Die Herausforderung liegt in der Skalierbarkeit, nicht im Material.

(Video Credits to Cell Press / iScience, 14.06.2018, via CELL PRESS / ISC, "Video S1. MPC for Stretchable Circuits, Related to Figure 3"; Social Media-Bearbeitung: Rinor Restelica)

#FlüssigMetall #SoftRobotics #StretchableElectronics #Innovation

sayzardJan 19

Lukas Ziegler (@lukas_m_ziegler)

홍콩대학교 연구진이 달팽이에서 영감을 받은 소형 로봇(로봇 스네일)을 개발했습니다. 이 로봇들은 흡착을 통해 서로 결합할 수 있어 단독으로 작동하거나 여러 대가 연결되어 더 큰 작업을 수행하고 구조물을 형성하는 등 협업형 생체모사 로봇의 새로운 연구 결과를 보여줍니다.

https://x.com/lukas_m_ziegler/status/2013276139028975673

#robotics #bioinspired #swarm #softrobotics

Lukas Ziegler (@lukas_m_ziegler) on X

Robot snails, bio-inspired robots that team up! 🐌 Researchers at The University of Hong Kong have built small robots modeled after snails that can operate individually or connect together to take on larger tasks. Using suction to bond, they can form structures like a robotic

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sayzardDec 29

Lukas Ziegler (@lukas_m_ziegler)

SpiRobs라는 연성(soft) 로봇 설계가 소개되었습니다. 로그(로그) 스파이럴 형태로 자연에서 영감을 받아 문어 팔이나 코끼리 코처럼 유연하게 물체를 잡을 수 있고, 단순 케이블 구동으로 움직여 제어와 제작이 비교적 용이한 유연 로봇 응용 사례입니다.

https://x.com/lukas_m_ziegler/status/2005551513758736395

#softrobotics #robotics #biomimicry #manipulation #research

Lukas Ziegler (@lukas_m_ziegler) on X

Robots with tentacles! 🐙 SpiRobs are soft robots inspired by nature, designed in the shape of a logarithmic spiral. They mimic the flexible movements of octopus arms and elephant trunks to grasp objects. 🐘 SpiRobs use simple cables to move, making them easy to control and

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