Inspired by octopus arms, a robotic arm that can bend, stretch and squeeze through cluttered environments has been created by researchers in Italy.
Soft robotics is a promising technology in the medical field, particularly for surgical applications. This arm was designed for surgical operations which need to access remote, confined regions of the body and, once there, manipulate soft organs without damaging them, and relies on coffee grounds as a control mechanism!
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(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 14 2015, @10:51PM
Coffee Powered Tentacle Bot!
You are just baiting the tentacle porn jokes aren't you?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 14 2015, @10:57PM
If life gives you bait, bite.
If life gives you tentacles...
(Score: 1) by CortoMaltese on Thursday May 14 2015, @11:54PM
I'm just waiting for a japanese porn company to buy one...
(Score: 2) by arslan on Thursday May 14 2015, @11:04PM
Oh.. I should get my mate who owns a coffee shop to get one of these.. to maybe help him grind coffee.. oh wait..
(Score: 2) by wisnoskij on Thursday May 14 2015, @11:55PM
This is the biggest breakthrough in live action tentacle porn since, well ever.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by bart9h on Friday May 15 2015, @02:30PM
soft tentacle robots could make pretty good dildos
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 15 2015, @04:08PM
Here is the full description (with some pictures) after several clicks: http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-3190/10/3/035008/article [iop.org]
I am a bit disappointed that I didn't find a video, though.
(Score: 2) by Bot on Sunday May 17 2015, @08:55AM
That poor bot is drugged with coffee and forced to manipulate soft organs in confined regions of the body! what would you say if it had been a human instead? you MONSTERS.
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