Adaptive walking robots

This video demonstrates a novel morphing strategy by leveraging variable stiffness materials to enable shape morphing joints (SMJs), which can be either soft for a compliant joint or rigid for a structure. If a mechanical mechanism has several SMJs, we can change its functionality by strategically softening and solidifying appropriate SMJs, without altering the underlying mechanical design after it is fabricated. We apply the proposed strategy to a leg mechanism capable of generating different foot trajecto