The new quadruped, called the Glaucus, walks using only two input lines. It has hollow interior chambers that interdigitate with one another. When either of these chambers is pressurized it deforms and bends the structure of the robot. This bending produces the walking motion. It is similar to how a salamander walks, by balancing itself on one pair of legs diagonal from one another while moving the opposite pair forward.
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This headline works just as well with your previous robot video.
Jamie, let me know if you want a quadruped or tentacle to play with. I think you'd make the best of a small squishy monster.
Doesn't say whether it is dishwasher safe.
I feel like "robot" is too strong a word for this.
It really is more of an actuator than a robot, since it doesn't have any sense or autonomy. It's a fuzzy term.