Explore:Explore:Explore:“Sensorized” skin helps soft robots find their bearingsAbbyAbazorius617-253-2709MIT News OfficeFor the first time, MIT researchers have enabled a soft robotic arm to understand its configuration in 3D space, by leveraging only motion and position data from its own “sensorized” skin.Soft robots constructed from highly compliant materials, similar to those found in living organisms, are being championed as safer, and more adaptable, resilient, and bioinspired alternatives to traditional rigid robots. But giving autonomous control to these deformable robots is a...…Explore:Explore:Explore:“Sensorized” skin helps soft robots find their bearingsAbbyAbazorius617-253-2709MIT News OfficeFor the first time, MIT researchers have enabled a soft robotic arm to understand its configuration in 3D space, by leveraging only motion and position data from its own “sensorized” skin.Soft robots constructed from highly compliant materials, similar to those found in living organisms, are being championed as safer, and more adaptable, resilient, and bioinspired alternatives to traditional rigid robots. But giving autonomous control to these deformable robots is a...WW…