Robotics facility Tour and talk on Challenge of powering soft robots by Dr. Kris Dorsey 

Power Electronics Society

Thank you for joining us at Industry night!   We look forward to seeing you at our next event for a tour of the robotics facility and talk by Dr. Kris L. Dorsey, Associate Professor at Northeastern University

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Soft robotics are exciting emerging robots due to their continuum deformation, which promises deformability, mechanical robustness, and safer interaction with people. One major challenge in moving such soft robots from the lab to the world is how we will power these devices and maintain the softness that gives them advantages over rigid robots.

Dr. Dorsey’s talk will present some current approaches in the field to powering soft mobile robots and discuss integration of new and existing power sources in soft robotics. Dr. Dorsey will also present a vision for future work in mobile soft robots that will serve as a foundation for future work and collaborations between soft robotics and power electronics researchers.

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