Robots made entirely out of soft materials could be real game-changers. They could integrate more easily with human activities ranging from the ordinary to the exceptional.
A group of engineers at Carnegie Mellon University is working to make such soft robots a hard reality.
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Narrated, Written, & Produced by
Ari Daniel
Videography
Ari Daniel
Original Footage
© WGBH Educational Foundation 2014
MEDIA CREDITS
Balloon Artist
Sara Krakauer, Globe Twisting Balloons
Music
APM
iSkin Video
Weigel et al. (MPI-Informatics & CMU)
Robot Photograph
Wikimedia Commons/BMW Werk Leipzig
Heart Image
Wikimedia Commons/ZooFari
IMAGE
(main image: Robot and human hands)
Ari Daniel
