Uploaded May 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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Two Cambridge Engineering PhD students took second place in the International Soft Robotics (RoboSoft) Locomotion Competition held during the IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft 2019) in Seoul, Korea. The duo developed a novel soft robot hovercraft that could expand and contract in order to overcome different terrains: eng.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-team-win-soft-robotics-manipulation-challenge Credit: Dr Fumiya Iida.