Genoa (Italy), 1 st March 2023 - Researchers at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology) in Genoa has realized a new soft robot inspired by the biology of earthworms,which ...

The new soft robot inspired by the biology of earthworms is able to crawl thanks to soft actuators that elongate or squeeze, when air passes through them or is drawn out. (Image: Italian Institute of ...

A research paper by scientists at Tianjin University presented an earthworm-inspired multimodal pneumatic continuous soft robot enhanced by wire-winding transmission. The research paper, published on ...

The earthworm robot falls into the field of “soft robotics,” where engineers and developers design robots with soft and flexible bodies, usually comprised of silicone or rubber. “Soft robotics is a ...

Researchers at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) have created a soft robot inspired by earthworms that has promising utility in underground exploration, excavation, search and rescue ...

For decades, scientists have been developing, external soft robots inspired by a creature often taken for granted - the humble earthworm. Though specific features will vary by species, many earthworms ...