Meet the soft robots that can amputate limbs and fuse with other robots
Yale University's Faboratory has developed soft robots that mimic unsettling animal behaviors like self-amputation and body-fusing bridge building.
MAIN POINTS
- Yale's Faboratory focuses on developing soft robots.
- These robots replicate behaviors such as reptilian self-amputation and insect body-fusing.
- Demonstrations include a soft quadruped robot crawling.
TAKEAWAYS
- Soft robots can now perform complex, animal-like behaviors.
- These advancements could lead to innovative applications in robotics.
- The research highlights the potential of soft robotics in mimicking natural phenomena.