European scientists are developing soft robots that can repair themselves
London, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Researchers at the University of Cambridge in Britain are collaborating with a European team to develop a new type of flexible robot that can detect itself and make temporary repairs without the help of humans, the university announced.
This research project by the United Kingdom, Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Switzerland and other multinational scientific research institutions to participate in. The project has received funding from the European Commission and is expected to cost 3 million euros.
Dr. Thomas George Tourussel from the University of Cambridge said that self-healing materials can be applied to different types of robots in the future, including modular robots, educational robots and evolutionary robots, and have a good application prospect.
Among them, the team at the University of Cambridge is mainly responsible for studying how to integrate self-healing materials (a flexible plastic material) into the robot arms of flexible robots. The team will use machine learning techniques to model and integrate these materials to develop self-healing sensors and drives, with the ultimate goal of incorporating them into robotic platforms to perform specific tasks.