To demonstrate how the actuator works, the researchers used it to create a worm-like soft robot and an artificial bicep. In experiments, the soft robot navigated the tight, hairpin curves of a narrow, ...

On Monday, Dean of SAS Steven J. Fluharty and Dean of the Engineering School Vijay Kumar announced the opening of the Center for Soft and Living Matter. The center will bring together more than 60 ...

Soft robotics is a burgeoning field that strives to mimic the functionality of the natural world to create machines that more fluently perform dynamic and unstructured tasks while seamlessly ...

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Soft materials have an inherent complexity in their response to their environment. Membranes, for example, can be susceptible to compression, liquid flows, pressure, and vibrations.

Seniors in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder are designing a new soft robot to improve physicians’ ability to examine the deepest part of a patient’s lung.