A new technique developed by engineers from the University of California San Diego avoids the need for any exclusive equipment and creates flexible, soft, 3D-printed robots in just minutes. The invention arises from re-evaluating how soft robots are developed: rather than finding out how to add soft materials to a rigid robot body, researchers at UC San Diego began working with a soft body and added rigid features to main components. Since the structures were inspired by the exoskeletons of insects—that include both soft and rigid parts—the researchers named their robots “flexoskeletons.” The new technique enables developing soft components for robots in a fraction of the time earlier required and for only a fraction of the cost.
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