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    Video | Engineers at MIT Have Developed a Fast and Forceful Gel Robot

    February 3, 2017No Comments1 Min Read
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    Engineers at MIT have developed a soft and flexible robot made of hydrogel, a material composed mostly of water. The robot is fast, strong, and almost completely invisible when submerged. The transparent gel robot can perform a number of fast, forceful tasks, including kicking a ball underwater, and grabbing and releasing a live fish.

     

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