Editing Robot (section)

==== Soft-bodied robots ====
Robots with [[silicone]] bodies and flexible actuators ([[pneumatic artificial muscles|air muscles]], [[electroactive polymers]], and [[ferrofluid]]s) look and feel different from robots with rigid skeletons, and can have different behaviors.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/27/science/27robo.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ei=5070&en=91395fe7439a5b72&ex=1177128000 |title=In the Lab: Robots That Slink and Squirm |first=John |last=Schwartz |work=The New York Times |access-date=22 September 2008 |date=27 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403233312/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/27/science/27robo.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ei=5070&en=91395fe7439a5b72&ex=1177128000 |archive-date=3 April 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> Soft, flexible (and sometimes even squishy) robots are often designed to mimic the biomechanics of animals and other things found in nature, which is leading to new applications in medicine, care giving, search and rescue, food handling and manufacturing, and scientific exploration.<ref>{{cite web |title=Squishy robots now have squishy computers to control them |date=25 March 2019 |first=Kat |last=Eschner |website=Popular Science |url=https://www.popsci.com/soft-robot-computer}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The softer side of robotics |date=May 2019 |url=https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/tech-takes/softer-side-of-robotics#false |access-date=13 February 2023}}</ref>