From texting on a smart phone to ordering train tickets at a kiosk, touch screens are ubiquitous and, in most cases, relatively reliable. But for people who are blind or visually impaired and use electronic braille devices, the technology can be vulnerable to the elements, easily broken or clogged by dirt, and difficult to repair. By combining the design principles and materials of soft robotics with microscale combustions, Cornell researchers have now created a high-resolution electronic tactil

Soft Pneumatic Actuators with Integrated Sensing Researchers at MIT CSAIL have introduced a method to rapidly design and fabricate soft pneumatic actuators that include built-in sensing. These actuators can serve as a foundation for applications ranging from assistive wearables to robotics and rehabilitation technologies. Credit: MIT CSAIL #engineering #technology #mitcsail #mit #csail #robotics #robots #softrobotics #softrobots -------------------------------- Stay ahead of the curve! Follow us

A complete journey will be delivered from soft robotics design fundamentals to fabrication. These workshops are related to a research project funded by ASRT. This topic will be delivered via 3 connected workshops: Workshop #1: Bioinspired and soft Robots. Workshop #2: Soft Robotics Design and Simulation Workshop #3: Sensing and Perception in Soft Robotics - A Q&A session will take place during the last 15 minutes of each workshop. - Please leave questions for the workshop speaker in the comments

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