These innovative robots, designed by a ... three-dimensional printed pneumatic balloons. This combination significantly reduces the weight of soft actuators, enabling untethered operations.

Although soft-bodied robots show great promise ... appendages are moved by hard actuators. A new technology addresses that problem, via the use of "fancy balloons." The process begins with a ...

Soft machines and robots are capable of moving ... National Academy of Sciences. The actuator is inspired by a famous physics experiment in which two balloons are inflated to different sizes ...

While there are robots out there with soft actuators that offer some give when ... This is a membrane that looks like a latex balloon, with flexible electrodes attached to either side.

That means the researchers can reuse balloons, modifying them to move in different ways on the fly. Soft robots, though, still come with serious limitations. For one, these kinds of actuators have ...

Because of their ability to manipulate delicate objects and cope well with unexpected environments so-called soft robots are becoming ... Sciences explains that the actuator was inspired by a physics ...

However, advancements in soft robotics ... When the actuator is pressurized with air or liquid, these chambers expand. Normally, this would just make the structure blow up like a balloon, but ...

In the field of soft robotics ... so you can expand the board to control more actuators than then five you need for the robot hand project. Got questions about the project? Contact Andrew Terranova.

(Nanowerk News) In an age where robotics are seamlessly integrating into daily life, a team of researchers at Zhejiang University, China, has achieved a remarkable breakthrough. Their latest creation, ...