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Tendril-like robot inspired by plants

By Sophia Chen July 2, 2019

MRS Bulletin Materials News Podcast

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Sophia Chen of MRS Bulletin interviews Barbara Mazzolai and Edoardo Sinibaldi of the Italian Institute of Technology about their robot made from two types of polymers, enabling it to extend and retract like the tendrils of a plant. Read the article in Nature Communications.