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Soft robotic, wearable device improves walking for individual with Parkinson’s disease
January 5, 2024
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Scientists build tiny biological robots from human cells
November 30, 2023
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Wyss Institute’s Lab-on-a-Molecule Drug Discovery Project Receives Funding from Northpond Labs
April 4, 2023
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Clearing a path for non-invasive muscle therapy for the elderly
March 22, 2023
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Wasting muscles built back better
November 14, 2022
Translation News
Wyss Technologies Top Harvard’s 2022 President’s Innovation Challenge
May 9, 2022
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Biohybrid fish made from human cardiac cells swims like the heart beats
February 11, 2022
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Team builds first living robots—that can reproduce
November 29, 2021
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A personalized exosuit for real-world walking
November 10, 2021
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Talking with whales
April 22, 2021
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Robotic swarm swims like a school of fish
January 13, 2021
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Wielding a laser beam deep inside the body
January 13, 2021
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Ultra-sensitive and resilient sensor for soft robotic systems
November 11, 2020
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Cutting surgical robots down to size
August 25, 2020
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Robotic textiles are fueled up and take action
July 2, 2020
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Next-generation cockroach-inspired robot is small but mighty
June 3, 2020
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Kirigami grips could help seniors keep their footing
June 1, 2020
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Next generation of soft robots inspired by a children’s toy
May 21, 2020
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Soft robotic exosuit makes stroke survivors walk faster and farther
May 11, 2020
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New Study Uses Robots to Uncover the Connections Between the Human Mind and Walking Control
March 25, 2020
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The Tentacle Bot
February 27, 2020
Community
Diana Wagner on Bringing the Art and Function of Apparel Design to Wearable Robotics
February 27, 2020
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A stress test for jellyfish
February 24, 2020
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Human Body-on-Chip platform enables
in vitro
prediction of drug behaviors in humans
January 27, 2020
Community
Soft robotic glove gets thumbs-up from rehab experts
December 18, 2019
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RoboBee powered by soft muscles
November 5, 2019
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Wyss Institute roboticists win NASA award for developing smart deep-space habitats
October 28, 2019
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A gentle grip on gelatinous creatures
August 28, 2019
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Self-folding “Rollbot” paves the way for fully untethered soft robots
August 21, 2019
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Suit up with a robot to walk AND run more easily
August 15, 2019
Awards
Conor Walsh Wins Presidential Early Career Award
July 16, 2019
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Soft robots for all
June 26, 2019
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The RoboBee flies solo
June 26, 2019
Translation News
The Little Robot That Could
June 20, 2019
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Hansjörg Wyss, Harvard M.B.A. ’65, Gives Unprecedented Third Major Gift to Harvard to Support the Wyss Institute’s Mission to Develop and Commercialize World-Changing Technologies
June 7, 2019
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Pistons are muscling up
June 6, 2019
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Saving the Planet with Robots, Microbes, and Nanotechnology
June 5, 2019
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Blurring the Line Between Science, Art, and Design
May 10, 2019
Awards
Hansjörg Wyss Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
April 18, 2019
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Laying the ground for robotic strategies in environmental protection
April 8, 2019
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A rubber computer eliminates the last hard components from soft robots
March 25, 2019
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Conor Walsh Inducted into American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
March 25, 2019
Community
Dorothy Orzel on Functional Apparel Design
March 19, 2019
Research Spotlights
A safe, wearable soft sensor
December 20, 2018
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Robots with sticky feet can climb up, down, and all around
December 19, 2018
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Robert Wood receives Max Planck-Humboldt Medal
November 7, 2018
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No more Iron Man: submarines now have soft, robotic arms
October 3, 2018
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9th Annual Wyss International Symposium: Molecular Robotics
September 28, 2018
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Multi-joint, personalized soft exosuit breaks new ground
September 17, 2018
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A new spin for soft micro-actuators
August 24, 2018
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Soft multi-functional robots get really small
August 6, 2018
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Daniel Vogt on the latest in soft robotics research
July 1, 2018
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A soft, on-the-fly solution to a hard, underwater problem
August 1, 2018
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Studying aliens of the deep
July 18, 2018
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Next-generation robotic cockroach can explore under water environments
July 2, 2018
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Robot transitions from soft to rigid
May 1, 2018
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Katia Bertoldi on reconfiguring the world with new materials
April 20, 2018
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Personalizing wearable devices
February 28, 2018
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Novel 3D printing method embeds sensing capabilities within robotic actuators
February 28, 2018
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Snake-inspired robot uses kirigami to move
February 23, 2018
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Katia Bertoldi and Ting Wu Join The Wyss Institute
February 21, 2018
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Small but fast: a miniaturized origami-inspired robot combines micrometer precision with high speed
January 17, 2018
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Molecular Robotics at the Wyss Institute
January 17, 2018
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A 100-fold leap to GigaDalton DNA nanotech
December 6, 2017
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Squishy fingers help scientists probe the watery depths
October 28, 2017
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Artificial muscles give soft robots superpowers
November 27, 2017
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Autonomously growing synthetic DNA strands
November 6, 2017
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New RoboBee flies, dives, swims, and explodes out the of water
October 25, 2017
Translation News
Harvard’s Wyss Institute launches Root Robotics, an educational startup to get anyone coding
August 8, 2017
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Smaller, smarter, softer robotic arm for endoscopic surgery
August 2, 2017
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Post-stroke patients reach terra firma with Wyss Institute’s exosuit technology
July 26, 2017
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No battery, no wire, no problem
July 19, 2017
Community
Radhika Nagpal takes the stage at TED2017
April 25, 2017
Community
Soft Exosuits for Neurorehabilitation Study
July 1, 2018
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Warrior Web Exosuit Study
July 1, 2018
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William Shih: Lego-Style Construction of Future Therapeutics From DNA
February 15, 2017
Research Spotlights
Soft robot helps the heart beat
January 18, 2017
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Soft exosuit economies: understanding the costs of lightening the load
January 18, 2017
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Mimicking biological movements with soft robots
December 19, 2016
Awards
Wyss Core Faculty member Conor Walsh wins Rolex Award for mobility-enhancing soft exosuit
November 16, 2016
Community
Launching the field of Biologically Inspired Engineering
October 18, 2016
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The first autonomous, entirely soft robot
August 24, 2016
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Wyss Institute welcomes new Core and Associate Faculty members
July 6, 2016
Translation News
Shimmer partners with Harvard’s Wyss Institute to advance the field of remote patient monitoring using wearable sensing technology
June 13, 2016
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Soft exosuit improves walking economy in its wearers
June 7, 2016
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Actuators inspired by muscle
June 1, 2016
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Using static electricity, RoboBees cling to surface
May 19, 2016
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Wyss Institute collaborates with ReWalk Robotics to develop wearable exosuits for patients with limited mobility
May 17, 2016
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Newfound strength in regenerative medicine
January 25, 2016
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Squishy robot fingers aid deep sea exploration
January 20, 2016
Research Spotlights
Sensors give a helping hand to flexible surgical robots
November 10, 2015
Community
TEDxBermuda features Wyss Core Faculty member Radhika Nagpal
October 10, 2015
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New frontiers in 3D printing
September 21, 2015
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Bioinspired Robotics: Softer, Smarter, Safer
August 4, 2015
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Robotic insect mimics Nature’s extreme moves
July 30, 2015
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A jump for soft-bodied robots
July 9, 2015
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Pop-Up Challenge: Help Revolutionize Pop-Up Robotics
June 22, 2015
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Soft robotic glove puts control in the grasp of hand-impaired patients
June 4, 2015
Research Spotlights
The Future of Civilian Drones
May 28, 2015
Community
Soft bracing technology could reduce NFL knee injuries
April 3, 2015
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Conor Walsh receives NSF CAREER award
March 25, 2015
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Radhika Nagpal, expert on swarm robotics, celebrated among “Nature’s 10”
December 18, 2014
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Harvard’s Wyss Institute awarded DARPA contract to further develop Soft Exosuit
September 11, 2014
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A self-organizing thousand-robot swarm
August 14, 2014
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Robot folds itself up and walks away
August 7, 2014
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Wyss Institute Founding Director Don Ingber to deliver 2014 Graeme Clark Oration
June 3, 2014
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Cloaked DNA nanodevices survive pilot mission
April 22, 2014
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Artificial muscles that do the twist
February 26, 2014
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Robotic construction crew needs no foreman
February 13, 2014
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Programming smart molecules
December 12, 2013
Awards
Eugene Goldfield and Conor Walsh awarded NSF grant
October 1, 2013
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Printing Tiny Batteries
June 18, 2013
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Robotic insects make first controlled flight
May 2, 2013
Community
4th Annual Wyss Retreat: The Adventure Continues
November 20, 2012
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Tough gel stretches to 21 times its length, recoils, and heals itself
September 5, 2012
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Uncoiling the cucumber’s enigma
August 30, 2012
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Harvard’s Wyss Institute Receives $2.6 Million in DARPA Funding to Develop Smart Suit That Improves Physical Endurance
July 19, 2012
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Smart materials get SMARTer
July 11, 2012
Community
Bioinspiring the Next Generation of Scientists and Engineers
May 11, 2012
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Radhika Nagpal approved for promotion to tenured full professor
April 18, 2012
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Robert J. Wood approved for promotion to tenured full professor
April 3, 2012
Research Spotlights
Robot Building Simplified
April 3, 2012
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Wyss Core Faculty member Robert J. Wood to receive NSF’s Alan T. Waterman Award
March 8, 2012
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In new mass-production technique, robotic insects spring to life
February 15, 2012
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Robots to the rescue
February 1, 2012
Community
Wyss Institute Welcomes Conor Walsh, Ph.D., as New Core Faculty Member
January 20, 2012
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Man from iRobot, on robotics
December 1, 2011
Translation News
Wyss Institute Signs Licensing Agreement with K-Team Corporation
November 17, 2011
Research Spotlights
Wyss Institute to form part of multidisciplinary effort on DoD award
May 3, 2011
Community
Wyss Institute’s Bioinspired Robotics plays role in education
March 5, 2011
Awards
“Centipede millirobot” wins honorable mention in Visualization Challenge
February 23, 2011
Research Spotlights
Inspired by an Embryo
September 8, 2010
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Shape-shifting sheets automatically fold into multiple shapes
June 28, 2010
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Research Team Receives $10 Million Grant
August 12, 2009
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Rob Wood wins Presidential Award
July 9, 2009
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