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The Hooded Lycrabot (Flore pneumaticae) is a synthetic organism that can detect heat from living things. When approached, a Lycrabot will react with a hissing display of colour.

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Pneumatic Blooms incorporates cutting-edge soft robotic research and development from leading technology institutes such as Harvard Biodesign Lab and Whitesides Research Group MIT. Soft robotics involve numerous STEM-relevant fields such as:

  • Mechanical engineering (pneumatics)
  • Electrical engineering (circuits, sensors, solenoids)
  • Physics (fluid dynamics, reaction forces)
  • Biomimicry and xenobiology
  • 3D design and fabrication

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