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Colorado State University

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Researchers at Colorado State University have developed a flexible robot that functions like an elephant’s trunk to grip objects, with a goal of one day sending teams of these machines to aid in space exploration or to help with any number of other complex tasks.

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Colorado State University Walter Scott Jr. College of Engineering

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