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Researchers have demonstrated miniature soft hydraulic actuators that can be used to control the deformation and motion of soft robots that are less than a millimeter thick. The researchers have also demonstrated that this technique works with shape memory materials, allowing users to repeatedly lock the soft robots into a desired shape and return to the original shape as needed.

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a robotic gripping device that is gentle enough to pick up a drop of water, strong enough to pick up a 6.4 kilogram (14.1 pound) weight, dexterous enough to fold a cloth, and precise enough to pick up microfilms that are 20 times thinner than a human hair.

A new robotic gripping device has been developed by scientists at North Carolina State University.

Researchers have taken inspiration from the manta ray to develop so-called butterfly bots, robots that swim over four times faster than previous swimming soft robots.

Having gained inspiration from the biomechanics of the manta ray, scientists at North Carolina State University have come up with an energy-saving soft robot that has the potential to swim more than four times faster compared to earlier swimming soft robots.

"Butterfly bot," a soft robot that swims the butterfly stroke, gets its inspiration from the biomechanics of the manta ray.

Researchers hava made a "butterfly bot": a soft robot that’s nearly four times faster than any other reported soft swimmer.

Two butterfly bots become the fastest swimming soft robots. The credit goes to their unique design which is inspired by hair clips and manta ray fish.

A team of researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of Pennsylvania have developed soft robots that can navigate complex environments without human intervention or computer software.  The paper titled “Twisting for Soft Intelligent Autonomous Robot in Unstructured Environm