Soft robots talk at TEDxHelvetia

EPFL hosted the first TEDxHelvetia in Switzerland September 13th 2012. The event brought together world-renowned experts from different fields to share and spread ideas that can really make a difference in the future. Professors Stephanie Lacour and Jamie Paik, members of the NCCR Robotics, explained to the audience how a “new paradigm, soft technology, could lead us into the future” to quote Prof. Jamie Paik. The
group leader explained how she is trying to create a soft flexible robot origami able for example to measure and restore the movements of the face. Prof Stephanie Lacour’s research aims to introduce the latest and the best technologies into the soft materials like silicon rubber in order for example to provide smart gloves.