Researchers at University of Science & Technology of China have made prototype robots from a soft actuator. The robots are capable of gripping objects or worm-like movement, and are controlled by infrared light. The material used to create the robot is ultrasensitive photothermal actuator made from large-area graphene with chitosan and polyethylene. Read the paper for free until 9th January.
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