Soft Robots Hug the Heart to Help Pump Blood

Popular Science 2017-01-18

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A demonstration of the sequential squeezing and twisting action of the soft robotic sleeve,
visualized here off the heart. Time delay between circumferential and twisting actuators is
exaggerated for visualization.

[Credit: Ellen Roche]
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