Barry Andrew Trimmer is an American scientist, and the Henry Bromfield Pearson Professor of Natural Sciences at Tufts University.
In addition to his work on living systems, Professor Trimmer specializes in the application of found biological principles to the design and fabrication of Soft Robots.
His lab designs and builds a variety of soft robots that are used to test hypotheses about locomotion and to explore new types of control systems.
Trimmer and his Tufts colleague David L. Kaplan gained international attention in 2007 upon successfully creating the world's first soft-bodied robot.
The robot, or SoftBot, is composed of silicone elastomers and resembles a tobacco hornworm, a caterpillar that Trimmer has studied since 1990.