Pneumatic soft robots take a step toward autonomy
Anoop Rajappan, Barclay Jumet, Daniel J. Preston
Abstract
A four-legged soft robot walks, rotates, and reacts to environmental obstacles by incorporating a soft pneumatic control circuit.
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