DIY Soft Robot Gripper | Cool Science Project @Science.Buddies

Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Materials list and 3D printed mold file: sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/Robotics_p020/robotics/squishy-robots-build-an-air-powered-soft-robotic-gripper?ytid=puW-Fpj2yro&ytsrc=description

Full-length tutorial video: youtu.be/CiVX05fsEMk

Original gripper from Whitesides research group at Harvard: youtu.be/csFR52Z3T0I

Many thanks to researchers at Harvard, Cornell, Purdue, and Yale Universities for their work on this project.

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