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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November 14th, 2009 at 9:42 am
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.
December 24th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
This is a step forward, soon the streets will go all-powerful cyborgs:))