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Hexagonal electrohydraulic modules shape-shift into versatile robots
A chain of HEXEL modules with Ellen Rumley left and Zach Yoder right. (MPI-IS / Wolfram Scheible)

Hexagonal electrohydraulic modules shape-shift into versatile robots

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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rm Ellen Rumley
Ellen Rumley
Ph.D. Student
rm Zachary Yoder
Zachary Yoder
Ph.D. Student
rm Ingemar Schmidt
Ingemar Schmidt
Ph.D. Student
rm Philipp Rothemund
Philipp Rothemund
Tenure track professor University of Stuttgart
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Christoph Keplinger
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