Octobot, soft octopus robot, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA


Introducing the Octobot

Published on Aug 24, 2016

Developed by Harvard researchers, the first autonomous, untethered, entirely soft robot — nicknamed the octobot — could revolutionize how humans interact with machines.
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Powering the Octobot: A chemical reaction

Published on Aug 24, 2016

Harvard’s octobot is powered by gas under pressure. A reaction inside the bot transforms a small amount of liquid fuel (hydrogen peroxide) into a large amount of gas, which flows into the octobot’s arms and inflates them like a balloon.
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