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The first autonomous, entirely soft robot

by Leah Burrows news.harvard.edu published 2016-08-243 min read

Developed by a team of Harvard researchers, the first autonomous, entirely soft robot is powered by a chemical reaction controlled by microfluidics. The 3-D-printed “octobot” has no electronics.

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