Meet the revolutionary robot that's shaped like pasta

Jun 7, 2022

Revolutionary new “soft robots” are made of liquid crystal elastomers and shaped like twisted ribbon pasta. Image: Unsplash/Jonathan Pielmayer

Matt Shipman

Research Communications Lead, University Communications, NC State University

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