
Soft robotics research offers new route for weaving soft materials into 3D spatial structures
Elastocapillary rolling transfer weaves soft film to spatial helical structure on curved substrates. Credit: Science Advances (2023). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adh9232 Ever wonder why the most advanced robots always seem to have hard bodies? Why not more pliable ones, like humans have? Researchers working on so-called “soft robotics” attempt to incorporate the feel of living organisms into…