iRobot , makers of the Roomba carpet sweeper and Packbot military golem , has just prototyped this squashy bot that can squeeze through midget holes . They call it Chembot , for chemical robot . Now they ’ve loose a video of Chembot moving .
IEEE has posted this coolheaded video explaining the bot , and showing how it moved about a year ago . fresh prototypes admit sensing element and good range of motion .
IEEE write :
Researchers from iRobot and the University of Chicago discussed their palm - sized delicate robot , known as a chemical substance golem , or chembot , at IROS yesterday . It ’s “ the first demonstration of a completely soft , mobile robot using jamming as an enabling technology , ” they compose in a paper .
The concept of “ impede tegument enable locomotion ” is explicate quite nicely in the video . The polymer used for the bot ’s stretchable tegument is off - the - shelf silicon two - part rubber .
By master the part of the blob that “ inflate , ” the researchers can make it roll .
When I see this , all I think is that it ’s the epitome of a automatic tentacle branch .
viaIEEE
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