Robotic Materials News
18 September 2024

Hexagonal electrohydraulic modules shape-shift into versatile robots

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A chain of HEXEL modules with Ellen Rumley left and Zach Yoder right. (MPI-IS / Wolfram Scheible)

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart combined soft artificial muscles with a rigid, magnetic exoskeleton to create building blocks for fast-moving reconfigurable robots.

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