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'Octobot' Is The World's First Soft-Bodied Robot (sciencemag.org)
sciencehabit quotes a report from Science Magazine: Researchers have created the first completely soft-bodied robot, dubbed the 'octobot.' The palm-sized machine's exterior is made of silicone. And whereas other soft robots have had at least a few hard parts, such as batteries or wires, the octobot uses a small reservoir of hydrogen peroxide as fuel. The basic design can be scaled up or down, increasing or decreasing fuel capacity depending on the robot's job. As the field of soft robotics advances, the scientists envision these robots being used for marine search and rescue, oceanic temperature sensing, and military surveillance. The report adds: "When the hydrogen peroxide washes over flecks of platinum embedded within the octobot, the resulting chemical reaction produces gas that inflates and flexes the robot's arms. As described online today in Nature, the gas flows through a series of 3D-printed pneumatic chambers that link the octobot's eight arms; their flexing propels it through water."
Octopussy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Something something with your A-holes.
the gas flows through a series of 3D-printed pneumatic chambers that link the octobot's eight arms; their flexing propels it through water.
Kif from Futurama has no bones, but is supported by a system of fluid filled bladders. This sounds right in his wheelhouse.
- First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then ???, then profit.
Rumors are that that Octobot will be put in use at the Oktoberfest, which conveniently ends in October.
Everything I write is lies, read between the lines.
I watched the video. The only thing this robot will be doing any time soon is jiggling. Its a soft bodied jiggle-bot.
No, it isn't; not a Latin word. If you were going to be pedantic then the Greek plural is, alledgedly, octopodes.
Made this one, right?
(they tend to name a lot of things with Octo- from their logo)
Every one a crappy attempted joke. What happened to the intelligent people who used to comment on this site?
Apparently he left.
Giving robots a soft body is just the first step in turning them into sex workers.
"That's the way to do it" - Punch
...I guess.
BRB, off to the patent office!
Who am I kidding, the sort of person that would use a fleshlight won't have seven male friends to share an octopussy with.
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
It's spelled octopoeda actually
They can't RTFA because it's published $Nature$, hence paywalled.
publish:
transitive verb
1 a : to make generally known
b : to make public announcement of
2 a : to disseminate to the public
b : to produce or release for distribution; specifically : print 2c
c : to issue the work of (an author)
I guess 2 out of 5 isn't bad. Wait, that's a failing grade.
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Nope.
You trim that fluff.
The people who make two second GIFs out of ten minute "WE'RE GONNA SHOOT electronic_product/large_fruit/etc WITH AN AK47" videos are doing God's work. Think of the cumulative hours lost.