MORPH: A new soft material microfabrication process

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August 6, 2018

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  • What has the ability to move and show its colors, is made only of silicone rubber and manufactured at the millimeter scale? A soft robotic peacock spider. Researchers have combined three different manufacturing techniques to create a novel origami-inspired soft material microfabrication process that goes beyond what existing approaches can achieve at this small scale.

    Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University

    Learn more: wyss.harvard.edu/soft-multi-functional-robots-get-really-small

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