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spongy
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spongy [′spən·jē]
(mechanical engineering)
Property of a robot whose end effector has high compliance, so that a small force applied to it results in a large motion.


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Nick Arnold and Tony De Saulles' THE STUNNING SCIENCE OF EVERYTHING: SCIENCE WITH THE SQUISHY BITS LEFT IN
In this alternate universe, Britain has colonized the solar system (and its often squishy, spiny, or rainbow-colored inhabitants) as well as the planet, and Larklight drifts through the "aether" of space.
Just moments after I gave birth to our daughter, my partner, Faith, scooped up the baby, cooed into her squishy newborn face, and said, 'Hello there.
 
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