Soft Robots and Solar Sail Spacecraft

NASA's Langley Research Center just revealed soft robots could revolutionize space construction.

Traditional rigid robots struggle with the extreme conditions of space, but these flexible

machines adapt like nothing we've seen before. Think of them as the octopuses of

engineering. They can squeeze through tight spaces, wrap around irregular objects,

and withstand temperature swings that would destroy conventional robots. But here's where

it gets wild. Combine these soft robots with solar sail technology, and you've got spacecraft

that literally surf on sunlight. Solar sails use photons from the sun as propulsion,

meaning zero fuel needed for deep space missions. The soft robots could deploy and