Soft Push (IMAGE)
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A quick new method developed by MIT engineers predicts the forces required to push a 3D object through sand and other granular material. Shown here is a simulation of drilling an asymmetric object (the Stanford bunny) down through a bed of small grains.
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Courtesy of Ken Kamrin, et. al.
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