A team of roboticists and engineers affiliated with several institutions in South Korea, working with the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, has developed a tiny soft robot that is capable of manipulating multiple types of hard and soft objects. Their results are published in the journal Science Advances.
X-shaped, tiny, soft robot can manipulate and move objects ranging from tofu to nuts and bolts
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