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Corey Zheng, PhD Student in Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

A flexible lens controlled by light-activated artificial muscles promises to let soft machines see

This rubbery disc is an artificial eye that could give soft robots vision. Corey Zheng/Georgia Institute of Technology

Inspired by the human eye, our biomedical engineering lab at Georgia Tech has designed an adaptive lens made of soft, light-responsive, tissuelike materials.

Adjustable camera systems usually require a set of bulky, moving, solid lenses and a pupil in front of a camera chip to adjust focus and intensity. In contrast, human eyes perform these same functions using soft, flexible tissues in a highly compact form.

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