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08-25-2016, 03:07 AM
Creepy robot octopus moves by pumping chemicals through its body
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Nicknamed the Octobot (http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/08/the-first-auto**mous-entirely-soft-robot/), the mechanism was created using a combination of 3D printing, molding and soft lithography. To make the Octobot move auto**mously, the developers used a microfluidic logic circuit, which directs the flow of its chemical reaction of hydrogen peroxide that's converted into gas when it comes in contact with its platinum components.*
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Nicknamed the Octobot (http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/08/the-first-auto**mous-entirely-soft-robot/), the mechanism was created using a combination of 3D printing, molding and soft lithography. To make the Octobot move auto**mously, the developers used a microfluidic logic circuit, which directs the flow of its chemical reaction of hydrogen peroxide that's converted into gas when it comes in contact with its platinum components.*
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