Our project will provide an alternative to the sleeves that dog trainers wear, that is smaller, and lighter than the original. This will provide increased comfort and mobility, as well as use inflation to provide an equal amount of protection. 

Initial idea given was the “angler fish night light”.

• Used the three part structure of the angler fish as inspiration. 

• Went from a mechanism that delivers light TO a mechanism with a body and tool at the top

  • Mechanism could have endless applications

  • Used feedback from midway presentations

Improving already existing movement induced systems.

The idea and thought process behind what we made is this would be a rover or similar craft that can pick items up  from the ocean floor or on the ground and bring it back to the user. Using a mold shown on the previous slide, we could simulate the movement of an octopuses tentacle while incorporating the soft robotic aspect. However, we made this robot for underwater, the use of it can go beyond the depths of the ocean. The uses of the soft robotic retrieval mechanism can be used on drones for construction, mining or even cleaning up trash. 

We created a cleaner that parallels the side to side motion and the soft body of the sea slug that can easily reach the hard-to-reach areas in our house. Through using reusable rags like we use on everyday house mops like the Swiffer, the Sea Slug Cleaner will eliminate waste while simultaneously absorbing dust particles through its absorbent covering. The middle made of silicon creates the side-to-side slug motion and incorporates our soft robotics component of the project.