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Octobot, the first autonomous and flexible robot


It is composed entirely of soft materials and 'feeds' a chemical reaction that allows its movements




Octobot is the name that researchers at Harvard University have given to their new invention, a small robot of soft material and in which there is no presence of electronics. In addition, the device is only controlled by microfluidics and produced by 3D printing, all made thanks to technological development.

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