Octopus

An octopus is a soft-bodied, eight-armed marine animal known for its intelligence, camouflage abilities, and jet-propelled swimming.

Robotics

Octopus-like robo-arm thinks with its suckers to explore the ocean floor

Italian researchers built a soft robotic arm modeled on octopus neurology. With touch sensors in each sucker and no cameras or central computer, it autonomously detects, grabs, and manipulates underwater objects.
Robotics

Heated PLA robo-octopus gripper goes limp to grapple, hard to lift

Using arms to swim, crawl, sort, and grip, the Octopus-Inspired Upward Transport Robot (OUT-Robot) employs an inflatable “head” for zero-energy underwater ascent. It could offer a significant boost for oceanic exploration and resource extraction.