Topic
Soft robotics
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“Sensorized” skin helps soft robots find their bearings
Flexible sensors and an artificial intelligence model tell deformable robots how their bodies are positioned in a 3D environment.
February 12, 2020 -
How to design and control robots with stretchy, flexible bodies
Optimizing soft robots to perform specific tasks is a huge computational problem, but a new model can help.
November 22, 2019 -
Soft robotics breakthrough manages immune response for implanted devices
Discovery could enable longer-lasting and better-functioning devices — including pacemakers, breast implants, biosensors, and drug delivery devices.
September 4, 2019 -
Soft robotic fish swims alongside real ones in coral reefs
Made of silicone rubber, CSAIL’s “SoFi” could enable a closer study of aquatic life.
March 21, 2018 -
Worm-inspired material strengthens, changes shape in response to its environment
A bio-inspired gel material developed at MIT could help engineers control movements of soft robots.
March 20, 2017 -
3-D-printed robots with shock-absorbing skins
By “programming” customized soft materials, CSAIL team can 3-D print safer, nimbler, more durable robots.
October 3, 2016 -
First-ever 3-D printed robots made of both solids and liquids
System from Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab 3-D prints hydraulically-powered robot bodies, with no assembly required.
April 6, 2016 -
Soft robotic hand can pick up and identify a wide array of objects
Team from Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab develops silicone rubber gripper and advanced object-identification algorithms.
September 30, 2015 -
Will tomorrow’s robots move like snakes?
Made completely of rubber, CSAIL team's robotic arm can slither through “pipes.”
September 15, 2014 -
Soft robotic fish moves like the real thing
A new robotic fish can change direction almost as rapidly as a real fish.
March 13, 2014 -
Soft autonomous robot inches along like an earthworm
Flexible design enables body-morphing capability.
August 10, 2012