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MIT Team Develops Snake‑Inspired Soft Robot to Navigate Small Intestine

Preclinical pig trials show the tethered device can image, take biopsies, deliver drugs and traverse multiple feet of small intestine while further engineering and safety testing proceed before human trials.

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PNAS Study Finds Soft Coral Uses Natural Jamming to Switch From Flexible to Rigid

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Soft Skin Lets Millimeter-Scale Vine Robots Steer Through Tight, Fragile Spaces

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Lantern-Inspired Polymer Meta-Unit Rapidly Snaps Into Dozens of Shapes

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UVA’s HydroSpread Builds Soft Robots on Water With Paddling and Walking Prototypes

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Wild Octopus Study Catalogs 3,907 Arm Actions, Revealing Decentralized Control

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Wild Study Maps Octopus Arm Roles, With Front Limbs Exploring and Rear Limbs Moving

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Basketweave-Inspired Metamaterials Prove Both Stiff and Recoverable in Lab Tests

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Remora-Inspired Adhesive Disc Enables Week-Long Drug Release and Dynamic Sensing

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Nebraska Researchers Advance Cephalopod-Inspired Skins for Soft Robotics and Wearables

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Edinburgh Researchers Open-Source Desktop Flex Printer for Soft Robots That Walk Instantly

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Soft Robot Achieves High-Speed, Adaptive Locomotion Without Electronics

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Princeton Unveils Motorless, Magnetic 'Metabots' with Origami-Inspired Design

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UC San Diego Unveils $20 3D-Printed Robots That Walk Without Electronics

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MIT Engineers Develop Artificial Muscles Capable of Multi-Directional Movement

Soft Robotics

MIT Team Develops Snake‑Inspired Soft Robot to Navigate Small Intestine

Venus Flytrap Closes by Rapid Cell-Wall Softening, Study Finds

UT Austin Unveils Soft Robotic Hand That Gently Grasps Fragile Items

Stanford Team Reports Photonic Skin That Switches Texture and Color

Magnetic Fields Stabilize Flexible Batteries in Untethered Manta Ray Robot

Smallest 3D Bioprinter Demonstrated for In‑Situ Vocal Fold Repair

PNAS Study Finds Soft Coral Uses Natural Jamming to Switch From Flexible to Rigid

Soft Skin Lets Millimeter-Scale Vine Robots Steer Through Tight, Fragile Spaces

Lantern-Inspired Polymer Meta-Unit Rapidly Snaps Into Dozens of Shapes

UVA’s HydroSpread Builds Soft Robots on Water With Paddling and Walking Prototypes

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Wild Octopus Study Catalogs 3,907 Arm Actions, Revealing Decentralized Control

Wild Study Maps Octopus Arm Roles, With Front Limbs Exploring and Rear Limbs Moving

Basketweave-Inspired Metamaterials Prove Both Stiff and Recoverable in Lab Tests

Remora-Inspired Adhesive Disc Enables Week-Long Drug Release and Dynamic Sensing

Nebraska Researchers Advance Cephalopod-Inspired Skins for Soft Robotics and Wearables

Edinburgh Researchers Open-Source Desktop Flex Printer for Soft Robots That Walk Instantly

Soft Robot Achieves High-Speed, Adaptive Locomotion Without Electronics

Princeton Unveils Motorless, Magnetic 'Metabots' with Origami-Inspired Design

UC San Diego Unveils $20 3D-Printed Robots That Walk Without Electronics

MIT Engineers Develop Artificial Muscles Capable of Multi-Directional Movement

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