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15 - General Engineering
University of Edinburgh (joint submission with Heriot-Watt University)
Multigait soft robot
This paper and supporting material (http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/11/21/1116564108) reports the first robot, fabricated entirely from soft materials, that is capable of locomotion using pneumatic networks by multiple gaits, thereby coping with complex environments. This robot received significant press attention (BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15930007), Fox News (http://video.foxnews.com/v/1302911639001/researchers-develop-flexible-gumby-like-robot), Nature News (http://blogs.nature.com/news/2011/11/rise_of_the_soft_robots.html). The technology is included in a textbook (DoI:10.1007/978-3-642-34682-8_3) and has been developed for schools-outreach programmes (DoI:10.1109/ISECon.2013.6525198). This concept was extended in DoI:10.1126/science.1222149, with patent application PCT 0042697.00363 and by start-up company (Soft Robotics Inc. Burlington, MA (MZakin@nanoterra.com)). This work is already being extended by groups in: USA, DoI:10.1088/1748-3182/8/2/026003; Singapore, DoI:10.1142/S0219519413500449; and Europe, DoI:10.1109/BioRob.2012.6290258.
