Researchers at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) have developed a biomimetic soft robot inspired by earthworms, utilizing a peristaltic movement for locomotion. The robot's design incorporates ...

Earthworm-inspired robot moves by doing the wave By Ben Coxworth March 01, 2023 The robot uses five peristaltic soft actuators to copy the function of an earthworm's body segments Istituto Italiano di ...

The new soft robot inspired by the biology of earthworms is able to crawl thanks to soft actuators that elongate or squeeze, when air passes through them or is drawn out. (Image: Italian Institute of ...

A research paper by scientists at Tianjin University presented an earthworm-inspired multimodal pneumatic continuous soft robot enhanced by wire-winding transmission. The research paper, published on ...

Fluid robot motion is the result of design choices among five options including pneumatics and strain wave gears.

Over the past several years, researchers have been developing soft analogues of traditionally rigid robotic components. In fluid-driven robotic systems, pumps control the pressure or flow of the ...

Advances in robot design, actuation, and control have benefitted from biological inspiration, which has perhaps most influenced the soft robotics community. Furthermore, many scientists interested in ...

The hottest drink of the summer may be the SEAS-colada. Here’s what you need to make it: gin, pineapple juice, coconut milk and a dielectric elastomer actuator-based soft peristaltic pump.