The Glaucus: A soft robot quadruped

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The Glaucus robot, named after the Blue Sea Slug, is an open source soft robotic quadruped by Super-Releaser. It demonstrates a method that can reproduce computer-modeled geometries as seamless silicone skins. Super-Releaser hopes to apply this technology in medicine and engineering as it develops. The Glaucus has hollow interior chambers, and pressurizing them causes bending and walking motion similar to a salamander's. Access fabrication details on the updated page: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1695577. Uploaded STL files are available for download and printing custom Glaucus bots without using the same molding. For a comprehensive tutorial, visit http://learn.adafruit.com/soft-quadruped-robot-glaucus. Additional information about Super-Releaser is at http://superreleaser.com/about-us/. More details on the methods behind these robots can be found at http://har.ms/b/CMA, and photos of the process are available at https://flic.kr/s/aHsjVkYNy2. Watch the Glaucus in action here: http://youtu.be/RCEzuPKgK6c.