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A slimy self-healing gel helps a robotic snail to slither
![A snail-inspired soft robot moves along a reflective surface.](http://media.nature.com/w767/magazine-assets/d41586-023-00750-6/d41586-023-00750-6_24621554.jpg)
A 0.5-centimetre-long strip of self-healing, conductive gel (silver) links the battery and the motor of a robotic snail. Credit: Y. Zhao et al./Nature Electron.
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Nature 615, 565 (2023)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00750-6
References
Zhao, Y. et al. Nature Electron. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-023-00932-0 (2023).