Deployable, walking, soft robot - DeployBot

"Modular Assembly of Soft Deployable Structures and Robots,” Materials Horizons, 4, 367–376 (2017)

• " Researchers build first deployable, walking, soft robot,” Phys.org, June 19, 2017.

• " World's first flat-pack soft robot that can move without a motor for future space missions,” Daily Mail, June 19, 2017.

• " The Soft Robots, a Surprising Innovation,” Kinova Robotics, July 10, 2017.

• " Ce robot souple se déplace sans moteur ni système mécanique,” Science & Vie, July 14, 2017.

• " Une révolution pour la science : ce robot mou se déplace sans moteur ni système mécanique,” Daily Geek Show, June 26, 2017.

• " New walking soft robots could one day explore deep space,” Siliconrepublic, June 20, 2017.

• " Researchers build first soft robot that can be used in space missions,” International Business Times, June 22, 2017.

• " The initial deployable ‘soft’ drudge has only been developed, and it’s ideal for space missions,” the USA Times, June 23, 2017.

• " Here's why you should care about the 'soft robot' that's in development,” MashableAsia, June 22, 2017.

• " These Modular, Self-Deploying Robots Don't Need Motors or Mechanical Parts,” Science Alert, June 22, 2017.

• " A Robot Suited to Underwater and Outer Space,” Electronics360, June 19, 2017.

• "입체 구조로 바뀌는 모듈식 소프트 로봇 '디플로이봇'," 로봇신문, June 27, 2017.

• "第一款可展开式软体机器人, 特别适用去太空," 腾讯科技, 2017-06-22. 

• "世界首台无需引擎的平板软体机器人, 爬起来像蚯蚓," 搜狐科技, 2017-07-06. 

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 Soft deployable structures

 “Kirigami/Origami-based Soft Deployable Reflector for Optical Beam Steering,” Advanced Functional Materials, 27, 1604214 (2017)

 “Deployable Soft Composite Structures,” Scientific Reports, 6, 20869 (2016)

• "Kirigami/Origami-Based Reflectors for Beam Steering,” Advanced Science News, Wiley, February 17, 2017.

• “Deployable structures could assist rovers, robots, and spacecraft,” TechXplore, March 2, 2016.
   

Inchworm-like crawling robots

“Locomotion of Inchworm-inspired Robot made of Smart Soft Composite (SSC),” Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 9, 046006 (2014)

• "Robot that moves like an inchworm could go places other robots can't,” Phys.org, November 10, 2014.