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== Soft robotics ==
== Soft robotics ==


Soft robotics bridges the gap between life and robotics. We design a framework for robots with
Soft robotics is a multidisciplinary field that bridges the life and robotics. We design a framework for robots with natural-like interactions with unstructured environments and with delicate objects such as human bodies. First, novel electroactive materials as robotic actuators and sensors are developed. Next, function-specific movement mechanisms that are effective and specific for shape-morphing materials and structures are identified, often finding inspiration from the nature. Finally, applications in the fields including personal medicine, minimally invasive medical instruments, wearable devices, surveillance and rescue are developed.
 
 
First, soft robotics tackles the robotic functions that are simple for e.g. a human hand, but difficult for
 
offering solutions for robots wit
 
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By mimicking natural interaction methods and locomotion mechanisms as well as using biocompatible materials in artificial structures,  
 
for solving tasks that are difficult for conventional robotics, but easy for

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Soft robotics

Soft robotics is a multidisciplinary field that bridges the life and robotics. We design a framework for robots with natural-like interactions with unstructured environments and with delicate objects such as human bodies. First, novel electroactive materials as robotic actuators and sensors are developed. Next, function-specific movement mechanisms that are effective and specific for shape-morphing materials and structures are identified, often finding inspiration from the nature. Finally, applications in the fields including personal medicine, minimally invasive medical instruments, wearable devices, surveillance and rescue are developed.