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Topic: soft robotics

Composite showing two green pneumatic-neuron prototypes, an exploded module, buckling-switch states, a heating and inflation cycle, and the wired signaling layout.
Dongting Li, Michael T. Tolley and Nick G. Gravish · Figure 4 is contained in a preprint designated Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, with no separate third-party credit or exclusion attached. Commercial editorial reuse and adaptation are permitted with attribution, a license link and an indication of modifications. No endorsement is implied.

ANALYSIS Robotics

Pneumatic Neurons Make a Soft Robot Crawl Without a Central Controller

Heat-driven modules passed an inflation wave around a wired ring and moved a laboratory crawler 25 millimeters, while slow cycles and thermal failures bound the result.

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By Maso Intelligence
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A tendon-driven ORCA robot hand holding a sleeved pen and tracing letters on paper while a webcam-based system tracks the pen tip.
Kai Stewart, Yasunori Toshimitsu and Robert K. Katzschmann · Figure 1 appears in a preprint designated Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, with no separate third-party credit or exclusion attached to the figure. Commercial editorial reuse and adaptation are permitted with author attribution, a license link and an indication of modifications. No endorsement is implied.

ANALYSIS Robotics

Robot Hand Starts Writing After an 18-Second Physical Calibration

An ETH Zurich controller learned how finger commands moved a grasped pen without simulation training or demonstrations, achieving a reported 0.64-millimeter mean in-plane error in laboratory tests.

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By Maso Intelligence
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Research figure containing a pressure chart and test photographs of paired vine robots steering toward a pipe and navigating a curved silicone colon phantom with a working channel.
Reza Kashef, Cem Suulker, Mohammad Sheikh Sofla and Kaspar Althoefer · Figure 2 from a paper distributed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. Commercial editorial reuse and adaptation are permitted with attribution, a license link and an indication of changes. No endorsement is implied.

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Paired Vine Robots Steer a Working Channel Through a 90-Degree Phantom Bend

A two-vine prototype moves a six-millimeter external channel around a sharp silicone bend, separating steering from payload space while leaving automation and performance measurement unfinished.

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By Maso Intelligence
6 min read