Starfish robot

My self Athul kumar A this is an item which i came across while searching about 3d printers like 3 printers are used in making tensegrity soft robots like this was done by a South Korean research team from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology. 

So what are the applications of soft robots (of the tensegrity kind or otherwise)?

Researchers often state the malleability of soft robotics as being beneficial to search and rescue situations where a human being may not be able to access due to space constraints and hazards. Soft robots are often touted for use in space exploration, where the payload volume is at a premium.

Cobots (collaborative robots) are also getting more “softer”, as it is a health and safety requirement to not have humans working next to robots with hard mechanical limbs flying around. There is ongoing research into soft-graspers as well, which fit onto traditional (hard) robotic arms, and provide a dynamic end-effector that can mold its shape to a variety of geometries compared to a traditional robotic “claw”.

So this article grabed my attention because 3d printers as iam searching for a while are like used for minimising cost very much and then i also saw an article which told about using 3d printers in making a ventiloator and its succesfull functioning so i strongly belive that in the make in india process also this technology can play a major part in future.