Octopus robot

Italian scientists have created a robotic prototype with a structure like tentacles of octopus. Thanks to its soft design, it is able to squeeze through complex terrain, moreover, capable of handling objects.

It was the start of a $ 13 million project to design a soft-bodied robot to rescue victims trapped in the sea. It is expected that this octopus robot will be completed by the end of this year. The prototype of the tentacle arm is made by scientists at the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna near the coast of Tuscany.

Octopus robot wrapped tightly around human hands

Professor Cecillia Laschi, the leader of the research team, said that robot vehicles currently used in the seabed are not only difficult to move but also have not made good access to objects. Instead, the shape of the robot octopus will make it perform much better.

The highlight of the design for robots is that flexible tentacles can be extended or shortened. The tentacles possess artificial cues with sensors that identify the person in need. The robot arm has a core of a steel cable, a soft rubber cover and silicon material, in fact it works like an octopus tentacle.

The ability of this type of robot can also be used in medicine for laparoscopic surgery. The Daily Mail reported that the team hopes that within a year there will be a complete octopus robot model with 8 tentacles.