While there are many potential uses for soft-bodied robots, the things are still typically only built in small experimental batches. Scottish scientists are out to change that, with a mass-production-capable soft bot that is 3D-printed in a single piece which then walks off of the print bed.
I’d be interested to see if this upside down printing technique would work with other filaments as it sounds like it could be the answer for printing overhangs on smaller models at least. I can see bigger models coming unstuck from the bed being a major downside though.