Introducing the Octobot (VIDEO)

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

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A team of Harvard University researchers has demonstrated the first autonomous, untethered, entirely soft robot. This small, 3-D-printed robot -- nicknamed the octobot -- could pave the way for a new generation of completely soft, autonomous machines.

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