Harvard University — Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
Invented the Octobot — the first fully autonomous soft robot — and Harvard RoboBee micro aerial vehicle. World leader in soft robotics, exoskeletons, and bio-inspired design.
Notable achievements
OctoBot (first fully soft autonomous robot), RoboBee (insect-scale flyer), soft exosuit for stroke patients, SEAS microrobotics.
Notable work
Recent publications
All papers →Matched by this lab's specialties (keyword overlap + direct affiliation)
Soft robotics for chemists.
Filip Ilievski, Aaron D. Mazzeo, R. Shepherd +2 more
Angewandte Chemie · 2011
Flexible Electronics and Devices as Human-Machine Interfaces for Medical Robotics
Wenzheng Heng, Samuel A. Solomon, Wei Gao
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2021
Biomolecular “lock-key” model-inspired cage/benzene ring structure chain-extension matching strategy for high performance of linear waterborne polyurethane toward application in recyclable soft robotics
Chen Zhou, Nana Zhao, Xiaoxiao Yang +5 more
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science · 2026
Vision-driven collaborative path planning for autonomous multi-UAV swarms in maritime and coastal environments using deep reinforcement learning
Tariq Ali, Umar Draz, Imran Razzak +4 more
Robotics and Autonomous Systems · 2026
Impact of the pectoral fin geometry on the gliding performance of flying fish robot
Shihao Ran, Junhao Wang, Kexian Liu +7 more
Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics · 2026
Optimization-based shape design of soft-rigid hybrid fingers for adaptive parallel robotic gripper
Yilun Sun, Zengwei Wang, Tim C. Lueth
Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics · 2026
Patents
Flexible robotic actuators
Assignee: Harvard University
US9981377 · US · May 29, 2018
Magnetic assembly of soft robots with hard components
Assignee: Harvard University
EP2964427A1 · EP · Jan 13, 2016
Soft robotic actuators
Assignee: Harvard University
US20140109560A1 · US · Apr 24, 2014
Soft robotic actuators
Assignee: Harvard University
WO2012148472A3 · WO · Jul 25, 2013