Bionic robot arms as flexible and gentle as an elephant's trunk (IMAGE)

Saarland University

Bionic robot arms as flexible and gentle as an elephant's trunk

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Doctoral student Yannik Goergen (l.) developed the bionic trunk as part of his PhD research work. Rawan Barakat is currently working on biomimetic soft robots as part of her Master's degree project.

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Credit: Oliver Dietze

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