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Cutting the cord on soft robots: Machine walks through snow, flames and can be run over by cars
11 September 2014, 10:07 pm

Engineers have developed the world's first untethered soft robot -- and demonstrated that the quadruped, which can literally stand up and walk away from its designers, can walk through snow, fire and even be run over by a car. The hope is that such robots might one day serve as a search and rescue tool following disasters.

Source: Robotics Research News -- ScienceDaily