{"id":29592,"date":"2011-11-29T17:05:38","date_gmt":"2011-11-29T17:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/ap_harvard_researchers_build_flexible_robot_that_can_crawl_slither_under_a_\/"},"modified":"2011-11-29T17:05:38","modified_gmt":"2011-11-29T17:05:38","slug":"ap_harvard_researchers_build_flexible_robot_that_can_crawl_slither_under_a_","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=29592","title":{"rendered":"(AP) Harvard researchers build flexible robot that can crawl, slither under a pane of glass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Harvard scientists have built a new type of flexible robot that is limber enough to wiggle and worm through tight spaces.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the latest prototype in the growing field of soft-bodied robots. Researchers are increasingly drawing inspiration from nature to create machines that are more bendable and versatile than those made of metal.<\/p>\n<p>The Harvard team, led by chemist George M. Whitesides, borrowed from squids, starfish and other animals without hard skeletons to fashion a small, four-legged rubber robot that calls to mind the clay animation character Gumby.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/health-science\/harvard-researchers-build-flexible-robot-that-can-crawl-slither-under-a-pane-of-glass\/2011\/11\/28\/gIQAxh9b5N_story.html\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harvard scientists have built a new type of flexible robot that is limber enough to wiggle and worm through tight spaces. It\u2019s the latest prototype in the growing field of soft-bodied robots. Researchers are increasingly drawing inspiration from nature to<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=29592\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-watch","category-science-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29592\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}