Soft Robot Wormery

Edinburgh Centre for Robotics

The Tortoise and the Worm: An Obstacle Course Challenge Between Hard and Soft Robots

Soft robots, although unconventional in form and motion, could save the day in case of a disaster. In this demo we’re going to show you our worm-inspired soft robot called Wayne. We’ll give you a closer look at the inner workings of Wayne and we’ll show you the advantages and potential applications of robots like Wayne compared to a traditional hard robot, TurtleBot, when faced with different, challenging, terrains.




Meet the Team

We’re a team of PhD students from Edinburgh Centre for Robotics. Our research areas range from vehicle perception to medical robotics to epistemic planning and beyond. Recently we’ve been collaborating to make a soft robot that can aid disaster relief efforts by worming its way through tight spaces and crawling over rough terrain.