Podlipodcast player Webplayer

The Sentient Code: AI and Robotics

The Sentient Code: AI and Robotics

The Soft Robot That Fixes Itself While Flying

The Sentient Code: AI and Robotics · Sep 17, 2026 · 20:53

0:0020:53

Listen in the Podli app 🎧

Follow your favourite podcasts, listen offline and in the car with CarPlay and Android Auto, and always pick up where you left off. Free to try.

A lamp stays on. A rubber ring starts twisting. Then it jumps, fixes itself in the air, and does it again.

This episode sits with a new PNAS soft robot that turns heat into a repeating leap—and asks what “autonomous” means when the program is a bent tail, not a chip.

This episode includes AI-generated content.

Episodes: The Sentient Code: AI and Robotics

PodliGet the free Podli app
↓ App