Virginia Tech: Researchers Control Soft Robotics With AI's Cousin: Reservoir Computing
May 21, 2026
May 21, 2026
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, May 21 (TNSjou) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:
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Researchers control soft robotics with AI's cousin: reservoir computing
By Alex Parrish
Soft robotics - machines made of flexible, muscle-like materials - can bend and stretch in fluid ways that put the rigid robots of old sci-fi movies to shame. But the flexibility that lets them pick ripe tomatoes or navigate a search-and-rescue site comes at a cost: . . .
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Researchers control soft robotics with AI's cousin: reservoir computing
By Alex Parrish
Soft robotics - machines made of flexible, muscle-like materials - can bend and stretch in fluid ways that put the rigid robots of old sci-fi movies to shame. But the flexibility that lets them pick ripe tomatoes or navigate a search-and-rescue site comes at a cost: . . .