Researchers at the Harvard have created an octopus-inspired soft robotic arm that can grip and manipulate objects, learning that the taper of such arms is important. “Most previous research on octopus-inspired robots focused either on mimicking the suction or the movement of the arm, but not both,” said researcher August Domel. “Our research is the first to ...

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