What if you could 3D print muscle, bone, and tissue—not in separate parts, but all at once, using a single material? That’s exactly what researchers at EPFL in Switzerland have done. And they didn’t stop at theory—they built a robot elephant to prove it.
In a bold leap for robotics design, the team from EPFL’s Computational Robot Design and Fabrication Lab has created a programmable lattice structure made entirely from foam. Not multiple materials. Not assembled parts. Just foam—digitally architected at the cellular level to behave like muscle, tendon, or bone, depending on how you arrange it.
Continue reading… “Foam with a Brain: EPFL’s Programmable Skeletons Are Redefining How Robots Move”
