Dank künstlicher Intelligenz können Roboter Menschen bereits viele Aufgaben abnehmen. Im Interview erklärt Edoardo Milana, Juniorprofessor für Soft Machines, wie ein verbessertes Design und neuartige Mechanik das Anwendungspotenzial der Maschinen erweitert.

Zum Interview: https://ufr.link/soft-machines

#Robotik #SoftRobotics #KI #livMatS #IMTEK #UniversitätFreiburg

Algovivo an energy-based formulation for soft-bodied virtual creatures

https://juniorrojas.com/algovivo/

#HackerNews #Algovivo #Energy #VirtualCreatures #SoftRobotics #Innovation

This breakthrough could mean wearable devices that fix themselves and robots that survive the harshest environments. #softrobotics #selfhealingtech #futureofwearables

https://geekoo.news/synthetic-muscle-that-heals-itself/

After hosting the #Fabricademy #bootcamp 2025 at @greenfabric we are already preparing next Fabricademy 6-months course starting in September! This programme mixes #textile, #digitalfabrication and #biology

Running from mid-September till end of March, it is led by international experts in many different fields: #biomaterials, #opensource #hardware, #naturaldye, #softrobotics, #etextile, #digitalbodies, #textilescaffolds… It gathers students all around the world through international nodes (#Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, France, Armenia, Jordan, Rwanda, Mexico, Japan…).

It is not structurally subsidized but Green Fabric, the Belgian node, offers 2 full-scolarships per year (for 3 years) with the support of Feder and Brussels Fablab Network. This scolarship covers the 8000$ subscription fees and you'll have access to our textile #fablab during the programme.
I will be the local instructor in Brussels.

Please spread the word to people you think might be interested to follow this one-of-a-kind course!

@fiberarts

👶 🍼 🤖 BabyBot: @EPFL PhD student Benhui Dai of the CREATE Lab has worked with a team at Nestlé Research to build a #robot equipped with a soft robotic tongue, sensorized oral cavity, and neural circuits.

Through complex tongue movements and feeding reflexes, BabyBot can ingest liquid & semi-solid foods, replicating feeding behaviors in babies from 0-6 months.

The work highlights the exciting potential of #softrobotics in #pediatric care & #biomedicalengineering! 🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/s44182-025-00026-3

A soft robot that twists like pasta and climbs wires like a cable car—all powered by light. Discover the future of aerial transport. #SoftRobotics #FutureTech #Innovation

https://geekoo.news/skywalking-softbots-aerial-robots-that-twist-climb-and-carry/

*It's been a big week for peculiar knitting. #physics #softrobotics #assemblage #programming

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2416536122

#Fabricademy bootcamp 2025
May 19→25

Don't miss this year's bootcamp in Brussels to encounter international fellows in the field of #textile, #engineering and #biology.

I am co-organizing it through the #fablab @GreenFabric and the #fabricademy team (@fabtextiles ).

A great opportunity to test Fabricademy themes and way of working through intense hands-on workshops. It will cover #biomaterials with #mycelium #fungi, #modulardesign, #machineknitting with the #kniterate machine, using the #opensourcehardware machines that we built, #etextile with thermochromic inks.

Don't miss also the #MakerFaire on the following week-end (May 26-27) with the Fabricademy exhibition of final projects and a workshop on #softrobotics.

More info on https://bootcamp2025.textile-academy.org.

Boosts are more than welcome!

#fiberarts #innovation #research #digitalart #design #bruxelles #brussel #brussels

These 3D-printed robots don’t need batteries or wires. They walk using only heat and smart design. A leap forward in simplicity. #SoftRobotics #3DPrinting #BioinspiredDesign

https://geekoo.news/3d-printed-robots-that-walk-no-electronics-required/

so anyway, here's a creepy stick person made of an electroactive hydrogel walking back and forth through an electric field... #softrobotics Video from this paper doi.org/10.1021/acsa...

We spoke with Prof. Cindy Harnett about new and different sensors and actuators, primarily designed for soft robotics and fabricated with relatively low cost materials.
Join them here: https://embedded.fm/episodes/495

Here's an excerpt from the show:

#softrobotics #robotics #sensors #prof #engineering #embedded #electronics #electrical

We spoke with Prof. Cindy Harnett about new and different sensors and actuators, primarily designed for soft robotics and fabricated with relatively low cost materials.
Join us here: https://embedded.fm/episodes/495

Here's an excerpt from the show:

#softrobotics #robotics #sensors #prof #engineering #embedded #electronics #electrical

This week, Chris( @stoneymonster ) and Elecia( @logicalelegance ) spoke to Prof. Cindy Harnett about new and different sensors and actuators, primarily designed for soft robotics and fabricated with relatively low cost materials.
Join them here: https://embedded.fm/episodes/495

You can also read the show transcript here: https://embedded.fm/transcripts/495

Thank you to Nordic Semi for supporting the show!
#softrobotics #robotics #sensors #prof #engineering #embedded #electronics #electrical

Don't miss the latest episode of Embedded as we speak to Prof. Cindy Harnett about new and different sensors and actuators, primarily designed for soft robotics and fabricated with relatively low cost materials.
Take a listen: https://embedded.fm/episodes/495

#softrobotics #robotics #sensors #prof #engineering #embedded #electronics #electrical

I've just released a very special bonus episode where I chat to a panel of experts about soft #robotics for healthcare. 🤖 🩺

We discussed recent developments, the technology's promise for the future, and the hurdles along the way.

Check it out: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-5-117956936

#Robots #SoftRobotics #Healthcare #Rehabilitation #Tech

Precision without pressure: Learn how kirigami principles and magnetic actuation are revolutionising object manipulation in confined spaces

Read more.... 🔗 https://labhorizons.co.uk/2024/12/kirigami-inspired-magnetic-device-promises-precise-manipulation-for-fragile-objects/

#News #Research #Science #Lab #Laboratory #Innovation #SoftRobotics #MaterialScience

Kirigami meets soft robotics! 🌊 Discover how NC State’s innovative metasheet is changing how we manipulate liquids, gels, and fragile materials

Read more.... 🔗 https://labhorizons.co.uk/2024/12/kirigami-inspired-magnetic-device-promises-precise-manipulation-for-fragile-objects/

#News #Research #Science #Lab #Laboratory #Innovation #SoftRobotics #MaterialScience

Got questions about biorobotics? 🌱🤖

Later this season, I'll be chatting to Dr. Isabella Fiorello from The University of Freiburg about bioinspired microfabricated living materials for soft #robotics.

Send me your questions for Isabella in the comments below or on the Robot Talk website: www.robottalk.org/ask-a-question/

#Robots #SoftRobotics #Biology

In January, Claire chatted to Prof. Kris Dorsey about wearable soft robots, healthcare and rehabilitation. Kris is an Associate Professor at Northeastern University, researching #reconfigurable and active #soft sensors for medical and #rehabilitation devices.

https://www.robottalk.org/2024/01/05/episode-67-kris-dorsey/ #Robots #Robotics #SoftRobotics

A Robot Face with Human Skin https://hackaday.com/2024/07/25/a-robot-face-with-human-skin/ #softrobotics #RobotsHacks #biorobotics #biomimetic #biomimicry #humanoid #Science #robot