Whitesides Group, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Multigait Robot

Uploaded on Dec 1, 2011

Video of a multigait soft robot undulating under a glass obstacle.
See our PNAS paper - "Multi-Gait Soft Robot", Shepherd, R.F., Ilievski.F., Choi.W., Morin.S.A., Stokes.A.A., Mazzeo.A.D., Chen.X., Wang.M., and Whitesides.G.M., PNAS, 2011

 

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Rubbery robot fingers play piano faster than a human

Published on Jan 15, 2014

A soft robot can bend in just 50 milliseconds to hit keys and play a simple tune

 

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Harvard Arthrobots

Published on Jun 13, 2017

Inspired by arthropod insects and spiders, Harvard researchers have created an entirely new type of semi-soft robots capable of standing and walking using drinking straws and inflatable tubing. The team was even able to create a robotic water strider capable of pushing itself along the water’s surface.

"From drinking straws to robots"
Harvard scientists use simple materials to create semi-soft machines that walk like insects

by Peter Reuell
June 13, 2017