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A flexible lens controlled by light-activated artificial muscles promises to let soft machines see

  • Written by Corey Zheng, PhD Student in Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
A flexible lens controlled by light-activated artificial muscles promises to let soft machines seeThis rubbery disc is an artificial eye that could give soft robots vision.Corey Zheng/Georgia Institute of Technology

Inspired by the human eye, our biomedical engineering lab at Georgia Tech has designed an adaptive lens made of soft, light-responsive, tissuelike materials.

Adjustable camera systems usually require a set of bulky, moving, solid...

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