Soft autonomous robot inches along like an earthworm: Flexible design enables body-morphing capability

Thursday, August 9, 2012 - 15:00 in Earth & Climate

Researchers have engineered a soft autonomous robot that moves via peristalsis, crawling across surfaces by contracting segments of its body, much like an earthworm.

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