Rethinking Miniature Robotics: Flexible‑Battery, Magnetically Actuated Soft Bots
- November 26, 2025
Photo credit: NUS College of Design & Engineering
As battery-powered devices shrink, their power capacity and runtime diminish—and rigidity often increases, especially in conventional batteries. This makes miniaturized systems harder to deploy in critical, harsh environments.
iHealthtech Principal Investigator Dr Changsheng Wu and his team address these challenges with a tiny, flexible, battery-powered autonomous soft robot equipped with embodied intelligence and magnetic actuation for aquatic operations. Notably, the robot’s flexible battery overcomes rigidity constraints, and its performance can be enhanced by the robot’s own magnetic field.
Learn more about this technology, which could be a life-saver in challenging situations and extreme conditions.
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