DEAnsect, robotic insect, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

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A soft robotic insect that survives being flattened by a fly swatter

Dec 18, 2019

Researchers at EPFL have developed an ultra-light robotic insect that uses its soft artificial muscles to move at 3 cm per second across different types of terrain. It can be folded or crushed and yet continue to move.