Ultra-Light Robotic Insect that Uses Its Soft Artificial Muscles to Move (VIDEO)

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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Researchers at EPFL have developed an ultra-light robotic insect that uses its soft artificial muscles to move at 3 cm per second across different types of terrain. The robot can be folded or crushed and yet continue to move.

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