Actuation of a Rolling Soft Robot with An Integrated Soft Ring Oscillator (VIDEO)

Harvard University

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The soft ring oscillator inflates and deflates balloons in perfect synchronicity, pushing a foam robot forward.

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Video Credit: D.J. Preston, H.J. Jiang, V. Sanchez, P. Rothemund, J. Rawson, M.P. Nemitz, W.K. Lee, Z. Suo, C.J. Walsh, and G.M. Whitesides

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