What if a soft robot like Baymax in the Disney animated film  Big Hero 6  were real? Xiaobo Tan, MSU Foundation Professor and Richard M. Hong Endowed Chair in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and his team are working to bring that science fiction to life by designing robots made of soft materials that are safer for both human interaction and delicate objects.

Learn more about the field of soft robotics and how MSU is engaging academic and industry partners to pursue convergent research and development of soft robotic systems.

Read the Automation Alley article by Xiaobo Tan.