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Inspired by elephant trunks, these shape-shifting robots bend, grab and team up

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  • Researchers at Colorado State University developed a flexible, trunk-like robot inspired by elephant trunks.
  • The robots can grip objects, bend, navigate difficult terrain and link together.
  • The stated long-term goal is sending teams of these robots to aid space exploration or other complex tasks.

Why it matters

It shows a soft, shape-changing robotic design that can grip irregular objects and connect modules, a approach that may inform future robots for space missions and other complex tasks.

Who’s affected

  • robotics researchers
  • space engineers

Researchers developed flexible, trunk-like robots that grip objects, navigate difficult terrain and link together for future space missions.

Read the full story at nanowerk.com ↗

Timeline

  1. Colorado State University research on trunk-inspired shape-shifting robots reported by Robotics News and Nanowerk

  2. Robotics News - Robot News, Robotics, Robots, Robotics Sciences

    Inspired by elephant trunks, shape-shifting robots bend, grab and team up

  3. Nanowerk Nanotechnology and Emerging Technologies News

    Inspired by elephant trunks, these shape-shifting robots bend, grab and team up

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