Oxford team unveils air-powered robots that synchronize without electronics

A team at the University of Oxford has introduced a new class of soft robots which operate solely on air pressure, eliminating the need for electronics, motors or computers. As published on November 5 in Advanced Materials, these fluidic robots are capable of producing intricate, rhythmic motions and can synchronize their behaviour automatically when connected.

Professor Antonio Forte of Oxford's Department of Engineering Science and Lead of RADLab commented, "We are excited to see that brain-less machines can spontaneously generate complex behaviours, decentralising functional tasks to the peripheries and freeing up resources for more intelligent tasks."

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