Soft robotics seeks to release robots from the constraints of hard materials such as metal and plastic and develop artificial muscles and organs more analogous to biological systems. A soft robot is much more like an artificial organism than a machine.
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Projects
From implantable soft robotic devices and wearable soft robotic exosuits to tactile human interfaces
Group members
Experts in a wide range of fields including soft robotic actuation and enegy-harvesting technologies
Research themes
Creating robots that are soft, flexible and compliant, like biological organisms