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UC San Diego Today, "This 3D Printed Gripper Doesn’t Need Electronics To Function",  July 27, 2023.

New Atlas, "Soft robotic gripper uses nothing but air to grasp and release objects", July 27, 2023.

Mirage News, "3D Printed Gripper Functions Without Electronics", July 28, 2023.

Electronics Weekly, "3D printed robot gripper needs no electronics", July 28, 2023.

3Printr, "This 3D Printed Gripper does not need Electronics to work", July 28, 2023.

Tech Times, "This 3D-Printed Soft Robotic Gripper Can Operate Without Electronics — How Does It Work?", July 28, 2023.

IEEE Spectrum, "Video Friday: Spot Tripping > Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos", July 28, 2023.

Tii技術情報, "3Dプリンターで作られたグリッパーは電子機器を必要としない" (This 3D Printed Gripper Doesn’t Need Electronics To Function), July 28, 2023.

Verve times, "ScienceDaily: Revolutionary 3D Printing Device Enables Simultaneous Object Printing And Pickup", July 29, 2023.

Swift Telecast, "Printing Device Capable of Picking and Releasing Objects in One Process, Study Finds", July 30, 2023.

Interesting Engineering, "Researchers create electronics-free robotic gripper with 3D printing", July 30, 2023.

Electronic Specifier, “This 3D printed gripper doesn’t need electronics to function”, July 31, 2023. 

Tech Explorist, "New 3D-printed soft robotic gripper functions without electronics", July 31, 2023.

Designboom, "watch this 3D-printed robotic gripper pick up, hold and release objects without electronics", July 31, 2023.

Unite.AI, "Revolutionizing Robotics: A 3D Printed Gripper That Functions Without Electronics", July 31, 2023.

Australian Manufacturing, "Researchers use 3D printing to develop electronics-free robotic gripper", July 31, 2023.

Heise Online (Germany), “Weicher, 3D-gedruckter Robotergreifer packt ohne Elektronik zu” (Soft, 3D-printed robotic gripper works without electronics), July 31, 2023.

IoT World Today, "3D-Printed Robotic Gripper Works Without Power", Aug. 1, 2023.

3Dnatives (France/Germany/UK), “New 3D-Printed Gripper Can Work Without Electronics”, August 1, 2023. 

Terra (Spain), “Garra impressa em 3D usa ar comprimido para segurar objetos”, (3D-printed gripper uses compressed air to grasp objects), August 3, 2023.

ScienceNet.cn (China Science Daily), ““贪玩”博后一周解决行业难题：读论文限制了我的想象力” (A ‘Playful’ Postdoc Solves a Research Challenge in a Week: ‘Reading Papers Limits My Imagination’), November 3, 2023.

UC San Diego Today,"These Electronics-free Robots Can Walk Right Off the 3D-Printer", March 25, 2025.

Interesting Engineering, “US scientists create 3D-printed robots that run without electronics, cost just $20”, March 25, 2025.

Tech Xplore, “Electronics-free robots can walk right off the 3D-printer”, March 25, 2025.

Science Daily, “These electronics-free robots can walk right off the 3D-printer”, March 25, 2025.

Mirage News, “3D-Printed Robots Walk Without Electronics”, March 25, 2025.

New Atlas, “Air-powered hexapod robot is 3D-printed in one soft n' squishy piece”, March 26, 2025.

Technology Networks, “This Electronics-Free Robot Can Walk Right off the 3D-Printer”, March 26, 2025.

Heise Online (Germany), “3D-gedruckter Softroboter läuft ohne Elektronik” (3D-printed soft robot walks without electronics), March 26, 2025.

EcoInventos (Spain), “Investigadores de la Universidad de California diseñan robots impresos en 3D que caminan sin electrónica ni ensamblaje complejo y coste de $20” (UC San Diego researchers design 3D-printed robots that walk without electronics or complex assembly, costing only $20), March 26, 2025.

Canaltech (Brazil), “Robôs sem eletrônicos saem direto da impressora 3D em vídeo” (Electronics-free robots come straight out of the 3D printer), March 26, 2025.

IEEE Spectrum, “Video Friday: Watch this 3D-printed robot escape”, March 28, 2025.

NDTV (India), “US Scientists Create 3D-Printed Robots That Walk Without Electronics, Cost Is Just…”, April 1, 2025.

Mashable, “Meet the 3D-printed robot that walks without electronics”, April 10, 2025.

Tech Briefs (SAE / NASA Tech Briefs Media Group), “Electronics-Free Robots Straight from the 3D Printer”, April 17, 2025.

Advanced Science News, “Walking on Air: Pneumatic System Improves Soft Robot Motion”, July 2, 2025.

ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers), “A 3D-Printed Robot, No Electronics Required”, July 14, 2025.

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