‘Stingraybot’ uses microbubble muscles controlled by ultrasound

While it might sound like a weapon of oceanic destruction in the hands of Aquaman’s arch enemies, the new “stingraybot” from a team at ETH Zurich (the Federal Institute of Technology of Switzerland) offers enormous promise for surgery, medical care, wildlife biology, robotics, and more, thanks to muscular membranes of microbubbles.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, EngineeringTags: ETH Zurich, locomotion, Soft Robotics, Ultrasound, Biomimicry