Chameleon's elastic tongue inspires fast-acting robots
Channel: Purdue Engineering
Date: 2019-10-30

Purdue University engineers in the FlexiLab have developed a new class of entirely soft robots and actuators capable of re-creating bioinspired high-powered and high-speed motions using stored elastic energy. These robots are fabricated using stretchable polymers similar to rubber bands, with internal pneumatic channels that expand upon pressurization.

Detailed story:  http://bit.ly/Soft-Robots

Featured Purdue Engineering Faculty: 

Ramses Martinez, Assistant Professor in  Industrial Engineering and Biomedical Engineering 



Additional video provided by:

Flexilab:  http://bit.ly/FlexiLab-YouTube

Chameleon footage via Yulia Sundukova  https://youtu.be/hPXRwDsJAUc

Venus Flytrap footage via Rural agriculture  https://youtu.be/NU45edoFvOI?t=12  


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