soft robotics
Researchers Introduce 3D Printed Soft Robotic Hand with Human Touch
Cornell University researchers recently developed a realistic-looking prosthetic hand, for just $50, using 3D printing, soft robotics, and lithography. It can handle decidedly more delicate tasks, because it is the…
MIT Researchers Use 3D Printing to Create Soft, Nearly Invisible Hydrogel Robots
Soft robotics are becoming increasingly common as researchers and engineers develop new ways to fabricate robots from materials that range from flexible plastics to silicones. A team of engineers at MIT, however,…
Lessons Learned: Empire Robotics Explains Failed Attempt to Commercialize Soft Robotics Technology
Near the end of Christopher Nolan’s 2005 film Batman Begins, Bruce Wayne is injured and lamenting his inability to save Gotham City. His butler and confidant, Alfred Pennyworth, channeling the…
Using 3D Printing, Lithography & Soft Robotics: New Prosthetic Hands Made for $50 at Cornell
What’s so incredible about the soft robotic hand created by a team at Cornell? It can grip, sort, and sense what it is touching. But what’s truly astounding is the…
Researchers Use 3D Printed Cat Tongue to Further Studies in Soft Robotics & Other Applications
You were probably a kid when you realized that your cat’s tongue—in comparison to your dog’s or your own—was surprisingly rough, and yeah, maybe kind of gross too. It serves…
TU Delft Students Develop New Technique for 3D Printing Soft Robotics
I find soft robotics to be utterly fascinating. While the technology has been around for a while, it’s recently begun to really advance in unprecedented ways – thanks in part to…
Harvard Researchers Develop First-Ever Fully Autonomous Soft-Bodied Robot: Meet the 3D Printed Octobot
The common stereotype of robots is that they’re rigid metal creatures that move stiffly and awkwardly. Obviously that hasn’t be the case for a long time – robots come in many,…
New 4D Printed Composite Material is Capable of Complex Movements
By using additive manufacturing technology, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering and Clemson University have developed a new hybrid material that is capable of moving independently…
The 3D Printed Soft Robotics Hand Will Respond to Human Grip
Robots have already become an indispensable part of our lives. Everything from a Roomba to the automatic drink machine at McDonald’s and even the 3D printers that I write about…
Researchers Create a Fully Articulated 3D Printed Soft Robot Octopus Tentacle
I’ll be the first to admit that there is a lot of humor to be had in the fact that scientists 3D printed an articulated tentacle, and trust me the…
Research Team Furthers Quest to Expand 3D Printing Materials Options
I don’t think anybody questions the fact that 3D printing has done and continues to do amazing things. The questions being asked now are about how we can continue to…
Soft Robotics Project Exo-Biote 3D Prints Living Movement
Soft robotics is a relatively new field of research that aims to create flexible robots that are more easily adaptable to human interaction. Often, the forms of these creations and…
Researchers Create a 3D Printed Robot that Jumps Six Times Its Own Height
Will we one day in the future watch basketball games played by robots? Who needs a Lebron James on their team, when a 3D printed basketball player could jump 42…
