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Originally shared by Rob Jongschaap
... Robots typically move stiffly and, well, robotically. But over time, Hawkes noticed the vine growing slowly but smoothly across an office bookshelf, bending itself around the corner so it could reach sunlight from a window.
So Hawkes and a team of Stanford University researchers built a prototype soft robot that can stretch like a vine into tight crevices and around obstacles like nails, glue and ice. ...
http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/New-robot-grows-like-vine-to-reach-tight-spaces-11721327.php#photo-13479233
... Robots typically move stiffly and, well, robotically. But over time, Hawkes noticed the vine growing slowly but smoothly across an office bookshelf, bending itself around the corner so it could reach sunlight from a window.
So Hawkes and a team of Stanford University researchers built a prototype soft robot that can stretch like a vine into tight crevices and around obstacles like nails, glue and ice. ...
http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/New-robot-grows-like-vine-to-reach-tight-spaces-11721327.php#photo-13479233
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