Description: PROBOSCIdean Sensitive soft robot for versatile gripping
project (5740) robot (1571) soft (724) scientific (589) proboscis (8) gripping (4)
(c) Milinkovitch 2012
FET Open Challenging Current Thinking Research and Innovation Action Grant agreement n. 863212
The elephant proboscis is a highly versatile organ by which elephants sense and interact with the world, by performing both strong and delicate tasks supported by more than a hundred thousand muscles, no bones, and a sensitive skin.