A machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically, especially one programmable by a computer.
Functional components are soft and flexible.
Soft robotics can be labelled as many different things.
Soft robots can pick up fragile or delicate items
Softness can be a factor of
Flexibility - How much can it bend without breaking
Compressive elasticity - how much it can squish and return to its original shape
Tensile Elasticity - How much it can stretch and return to its original shape
Assessing Material properties