‘Squishy’ Robot Fingers Aid Deep-Sea Exploration: Researchers Successfully Demonstrate Soft Robotic Grippers Able to Collect Underwater Specimens
During a 2014 talk on his exploration of deep-sea coral reefs, Baruch College marine biologist David Gruber showed a video of clunky robotic hands collecting fragile specimens of coral and sponges from the ocean floor. Harvard engineer and roboticist Robert J. ...