Ultra-gentle soft robotic fingers induce minimal transcriptomic response in a fragile marine animal

Curr Biol. 2020 Feb 24;30(4):R157-R158. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.01.032.

Abstract

Tessler et al. demonstrate that a 'soft' robot causes less stress to a jellyfish while handling compared to a traditional 'hard' robot.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Marine Biology / methods*
  • Robotics* / methods
  • Scyphozoa / genetics
  • Scyphozoa / physiology*
  • Specimen Handling / methods*
  • Stress, Physiological
  • Transcriptome*