Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Even the most impressive soft robots have an external control system. What if the software could be running on soft hardware? - Associate Professor Perla Maiolino explains the soft logic in soft robots.

ORI Soft Robots group:
Perla Maiolino (speaker)
Liang He
Sihan Wang (Demonstrator)
Francesco Grella
Peizhi Zhang
Oliver Shorthose

ORI Soft Robots Group Website: bit.ly/C_Oxford-SoftRobots



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