Queen's Soft Robotics Team

Queen's Soft Robotics Team is a student-run organization founded in 2017 at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Queen's Soft Robotics Team aims to explore the field of soft robotics and increase awareness of the field's applications within the Queen's community. Soft robotics is a new area of research that integrates engineering for biologically inspired applications often in the fields of medicine and healthcare. Its focus is on utilizing soft materials such as silicones and rubbers to replace the conventionally rigid parts found in robotics. These soft materials allow for more fluidic motion of designs and provides a more organic appearance for ease of implementation in many applications. The Queen's Soft Robotics Team (QSoRT) seeks to design, build, and test a novel robot or contribute fundamental research in soft robotic technology. Each year, QSoRT competes in the Soft Robotics Toolkit Competition run through Harvard University. The goal is not only to win the competition, but to design new, creative innovations as well as breed a community of engineers knowledgable, experienced and passionate about soft robotics.