All hail Octobot! Harvard debuts adorable 3D-printed soft robot

Not all robots are metal monstrosities with unchecked artificial intelligence that could jeopardize mankind's future. Meet Octobot, a 3D-printed autonomous soft robot out of Harvard crafted exclusively of flexible parts. Harvard calls Octobot "the first autonomous, entirely soft robot." Its squishy-looking tentacles wiggle and dance thanks to a microfluidics-controlled chemical reaction that turns hydrogen peroxide into gas that flows into the octobot's arms, inflating them like a balloon. The tentacled robot is inspired by real-life octopi.