According to an article by Chris (2020), MIT researchers have found a way to program soft robotic arm to understand its structure in 3D space, using "motion and position data from its own "sensorized skin".
These soft robots are built from highly flexible materials, alike to "those found in living organisms", are supported as "safer, and more adaptable, resilient and bio-inspired alternatives to traditional rigid robots".
The researchers narrate it as a system of soft sensors that wrap over the robot's body, that feedback to the internal AI to provide the robot "awareness of motion and position of its body"
The article mention, their future goal is to advance artificial limbs, to be skillful to grip and operate objects in the environment, and also to incorporate body sensors in robotics.
References:
Rob.M. (2020). Soft robotic arm uses flexible sensors to understand its position. Retrieved from https://www.controleng.com/articles/soft-robotic-arm-uses-flexible-sensors-to-understand-its-position/
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