This webcast shows iRobot’s (Romba maker) prototypes for soft flexible robots. The robot uses “jamming” to morph the body which allows animal like locomotion and the ability to reshape the body to squeeze through small and difficult to navigate locations.
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Very interesting. Science has come a long way and amazes me every day. With the new things coming out every day the sky is the limit for what we can achieve.
This is a step forward, soon the streets will go all-powerful cyborgs:))
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