Walking soft robot legs (IMAGE)

Purdue University

Walking soft robot legs

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Like how toy fidget poppers have domes that rest in one of two stable states, Purdue University researchers have placed bistable and metastable domes at 90-degree angles to each other in this soft robot's legs. These domes allow a walking motion to be pre-programmed into the legs' physical geometry.

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Purdue University/Jared Pike

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