The gecko-inspired robot, developed at Yale, could be helpful for search and rescue missions in dangerous rubble and planetary exploration on treacherous terrain.
In a laboratory in Connecticut, a palm-sized silicone robot scrunches up its body to inch forward in a caterpillar-like motion. A brick tips over onto its leg, trapping it as it struggles to move on. A few seconds later, the body wriggles away, leaving one of its legs lying motionless under the brick. The robot, which can amputate its limbs — just like a gecko can release its tail when it is grabbed by a hungry predator — is the creation of researchers at Yale University.
But roboticists around the world are working on soft robots, often inspired by nature, to tackle a variety of tasks – from a tiny, starfish-like device for carrying medicine into the twisty human intestine, to a jellyfish-inspired soft machine for underwater exploration. Tan, who works on materials for soft electronics and soft robotics, says that Yale’s robot is the first self-amputating, self-reconfigurable soft robot she’s seen.
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