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SEED is a new soft-robotics system that can grasp tools and apply the appropriate amount of force for a given task, like squeegeeing up liquid or writing out a word with a pen. The work is a collaboration between MIT CSAIL and the Toyota Research Institute.
MIT researchers developed a robotic gripper using novel “GelSight Fin Ray” fingers that are supple enough to manipulate objects. This gripper has touch sensors that can meet or exceed the sensitivity of human skin.
ElectroVoxels are self-reconfiguring robot blocks, developed at MIT using embedded electromagnets to test applications for space exploration.