Soft Robotics Podcast

Clip: Josh Bongard & Michael Levin "Self Replicating Living Robots"

Round3: Josh Bongard & Michael Levin "Self Replicating Living Robots"

Mark Cutkosky, Wilson Ruotolo, Dane Brouwer "Robotic Hand With A Gecko-Like Grip"

Gecko-inspired adhesives offer a transformative approach to robotic grasping by prioritizing contact area over traditional normal force-based friction. By incorporating passive, ribbed structures behind these adhesives, robotic hands achieve uniform load sharing across complex object geometries without requiring high-l...

Update: Life Is Not All About Hard work

Clip: Richard Norte "Microchip Sensors Inspired By SpiderWeb"

Richard Norte "Microchip Sensors Inspired By Spider Web"

Clip: Jonathan Rossiter "Liquid-Amplified Zipping Actuators For Micro-Air Vehicles"

Jonathan Rossiter "Liquid-Amplified Zipping Actuators For Micro-Air Vehicles"

Clip: Sheila Russo "Soft Surgical Robotics"

Sheila Russo "Soft Surgical Robotics"

Clip: Andrew Gordus: How Do Spiders Build Their Webs?

Andrew Gordus: How Do Spiders Build Their Webs?

Uncertainty

Noah Cowan "Clip: How Do Animals Process Sensory Information To Control Their Motion?"

Noah Cowan "How Do Animals Process Sensory Information To Control Their Motion?"

Clip: Garry Nolan "Testing Materials Recovered From UFO Crashes"

Garry Nolan "Testing Materials Recovered From UFO Crashes"

What I learned From Podcasting & Feedback

Clip: John Biggins "How The Human Brain Is Possibly Developed Based On Elastic Instabilities?"

John Biggins "Elastic Instability"