Cheap artificial muscles give soft robots lifting power

There have been a number of soft robots inspired by the ancient art of paper folding – origami – recently, including polymer-based microgrippers and the safety-first Twister. Researchers from Harvard and MIT say that robots made of soft materials are often not as strong as their rigid counterparts. from Google Alert - robotics http://ift.tt/2jva83p via Towson Makerspace