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Aug 2026
Learning to infer and manipulate through distributed whole-arm interaction in a soft robot
In animals such as elephants and octopuses, acquiring non-visual information about an object and physically engaging with it are inseparable processes mediated by rich, large-area interactions between compliant appendages and the environment. Soft robots provide a natural platform for translating this principle into en...
Chu-Han Zhang, E. Shahabi, K. Khomenko et al.
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