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Soft to steel: Tiny robot muscle lifts 4,000 times its weight, defying limits

The stiffened artificial muscle can support up to 5 kilograms (11 pounds) — roughly “4,000 times its own weight.” The muscle ...
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Shapeshifting soft robot uses electric fields to swing like a gymnast

Researchers have invented a new super agile robot that can cleverly change shape thanks to amorphous characteristics akin to the popular Marvel anti-hero Venom.
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Venom-like soft robot uses smart gel to morph, stretch, and mimic biological motion

Inspired by Marvel’s Venom, a new soft robot made of electro-morphing gel bends, stretches, and shapeshifts with ease.
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Soft robot steers itself down the human airway

A robot that squirms its way into a person’s windpipe sounds like it’s straight out of a horror movie, but it could save lives by opening the airways of those who have been critically injured 1. Even ...