Latest posts tagged with #softrobots on Bluesky
🤖 Soft robots: HydroSpread builds tiny robots on water.
⚡ Optical chip: Tsinghua's OFE2 accelerates AI with light.
👓 Eye chip: Stanford PRIMA restores some vision.
#AI2024 #SoftRobots #OpticalAI #AIEyecare
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A cost-effective heat-assisted in-situ #molding method to fabricate magnetically driven #softrobots with #3D programmable domains, achieving twice the #magnetization strength & enabling versatile designs for adaptive #RoboticApplications.
#OpenAccess #IJEM: doi.org/10.1088/2631...
Published in eScience, researchers from the University of Macau and Huazhong University of Science and Technology have developed programmable, leaf-inspired "S-aquabots" powered by a Marangoni motor.
#SoftRobots #FlexibleElectronics
Details: doi.org/10.1016/j.esci.2024.100335
Shape‑Space Graphs Enable Fast Collision‑Free Planning for Soft Robots
A graph‑based planner for a soft robotic arm with three artificial muscle fibers can produce collision‑free, energy‑aware paths in just a few milliseconds. Read more: getnews.me/shape-space-graphs-enabl... #softrobots #motionplanning
DiSA‑IQL Enhances Offline Reinforcement Learning for Soft Robot Control
DiSA‑IQL adds a robustness term to Implicit Q‑Learning, penalizing unreliable state‑action pairs; in simulated tests it outperformed BC, CQL and IQL with higher success. Read more: getnews.me/disa-iql-enhances-offlin... #offlinerl #softrobots
Soft Robots that Walk on Water: New HydroSpread Fabrication Method
UVa researchers presented HydroSpread, fabricating leaf‑sized soft robots on water, including the paddle‑type HydroFlexor and walking HydroBuckler. Read more: getnews.me/soft-robots-that-walk-on... #hydrospread #softrobots
Real‑Time RL Drives Dynamic Balancing on Soft Stewart Robot
Reinforcement‑learning let a Stewart‑type robot balance in real time, learning control in a single deployment and matching performance within fifteen minutes after half the actuators were disabled. getnews.me/real-time-rl-drives-dyna... #softrobots #rl
Proportional Feedback Enables Straightening of Sagging Soft Robots
Actuation proportional to sensed curvature straightens a sagging soft‑robotic beam; modest tweaks to feedback gain or sensor spacing shift it from bent to near straight. Read more: getnews.me/proportional-feedback-en... #softrobots #elastica
Variational Model Reveals Elastic Dynamics Behind Fish-Inspired Robots
A new variational model predicts fish‑robot swimming via elasticity and fluid coupling, showing higher tail‑beat frequencies boost speed but raise cost of transport. Read more: getnews.me/variational-model-reveal... #softrobots #aquaticswimming
Parallel Simulation Boosts Soft Growing Robot Design
Parallel simulation reduces compute time for soft‑growing robots, allowing designs that use fewer steering actuators (Sept 2025). Read more: getnews.me/parallel-simulation-boos... #softrobots #simulation
Soft robots that bend, lift & transform with laser light? @aibnatuq.bsky.social's RuiRui Qiao, Liwen Zhang and Tom Davis are 4D-printing liquid metal/polymer nanocomposites to build shape-shifting bots for medicine & beyond.
#NCRIS #ANFFQLD #SoftRobots #Nanotechnology #MaterialScience #4DPrinting
Researchers have developed an electrospun nanofiber-based #FlexibleSensor for use in #WearableElectronics. This piezoelectric sensor could be used for human–computer interaction and #SoftRobots.
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What if art could unlock the secrets of the universe? Discover the mesmerizing intersection of art and science at the Soft Robots exhibition in Copenhagen and explore quantum technology's profound implications. What do you think the future holds? #SoftRobots #QuantumArt #Innovation LINK
How sensitive is a robot? Researchers developed a new #ClassificationSystem to measure #RoboticFitness for physical interaction, from #cobots to #SoftRobots. The Tree of Robots maps out their performance diversity:
go.tum.de/543566 🤖
#AI #safety
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Lateral-climbing soft robot is designed consisting of a two-inputs soft actuator and two silicone suction feet. (a) Theoretically predicted antisymmetric deformation of soft actuators consists of two bending segments with \$n\$ = 3:2 and 2:3. (b)–(h) Soft robot moves laterally on the vertical surface due to the periodical input pressures.
Honorable Mention paper, “Modeling & Design of Lattice-Reinforced Pneumatic Soft Robots” proposes a design methodology for #SoftRobots using lattice structures to enhance strength and control complex deformations.
ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/103...
#PneumaticSoftRobots #RobotDesign
Scientists at #ZhejiangUniversity presented a study suggest that #SoftRobots hold great promise as a viable alternative for #localizing #gastric lesions during #laparoscopic #surgery, which has better #persistence and #intuitiveness than other markup methods. www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗦 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗧𝗢 𝗠𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗦𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗥?
Thomas Speck (UniFreiburg) told us all about 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀—𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗼 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀&𝗻𝗼 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻—𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲. And how designers & engineers take inspiration from them, from shape-shifting facades to sun-tracking panels & #softrobots
#ChemSky
I don't know if this is exactly what I wanted. At the same time, seems fine too. The perfect thing would something like Evogym (evolutiongym.github.io) but with the block-attach mid-simulation.
#ALife #Softrobots #Robotics
A Gif of a voxel-made softrobot moving towards the right. It is made from 4 different vowel types and has three different actuators. It does a flip in the middle before stopping in the end of the course.
Hello! I'm looking for a soft robot simulation framework that allows real-time body modifications! I'm exploring self-replication and wanted a system where robots can change shape, split, and remain functional during the simulation. Any recommendations? :D
#ALife #Softrobots
The 1st book review I took part in writing it's out on
@gpem.bsky.social: 👉🏽 rdcu.be/d7wPp.
Erica Salvato and I read "The science of soft robots", by Suzumori et al., a massive book spanning across many different topics related to desing and building of #softrobots.
#Valdivia, #Alvarado & colleagues bring #sustainability to #SoftRobots with high levels of precision and efficiency; their process entails the #3Dprinting of a #gel support onto the targeted surfaces of the soft robot that needs to be repaired or upgraded. techxplore.com/news/2025-01...
(2) It's been so much fun to combine our expertise in building #robots and thinking about how we can introduce #SoftRobots to #education contexts!📚👧🏽
If you want to learn more about this cool project, come join our talk at RoboSoft in late April! 👀
A team of researchers has beaten its own record for the fastest swimming soft robot, drawing inspiration from manta rays to improve their ability to control the robot’s movement in the water.
Cool. #Robots #Robotics #SoftRobots 🧪🤖
news.ncsu.edu/2024/12/mant...
