Robot Caterpillar Demonstrates New Approach to Locomotion for Soft Robotics

Researchers at North Carolina State University have demonstrated a caterpillar-like soft robot that can move forward, backward and dip under narrow spaces. The caterpillar-bot’s movement is driven by a novel pattern of silver nanowires that use heat to control the way the robot bends, allowing users to steer the robot in either direction.

Credit: Science Advances / NCSU

Research Paper: Caterpillar-inspired soft crawling robot with distributed programmable thermal actuation https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adf8014

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