Soft Gripper (IMAGE)

Brown University

Soft Gripper

Caption

A new hydrogel material is able to respond dynamically to its environment. In the presence of iron ions, the material bends on its own, in this case to close a gripper that can pick up small objects

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Wong Lab / Brown University

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