A six-arm robot can grab, transport, and release non-magnetic objects such as a polyurethane foam cube controlled by a permanent magnet. The diameter of the robot is 20 mm with a thickness of 80 µm.
By Xu Wang (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V.) and Guoyong Mao (Johannes Kepler University Linz)
Credit: Makarov, et al.; Communications Materials