Meet the new guardians of the ocean – robot jellyfish
New robot jellyfish could be the key to monitoring and caring for fragile parts of the world's oceans without damaging them.
Sep 18, 2018
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Spontaneous robot dances highlight a new kind of order in active matter
Predicting when and how collections of particles, robots, or animals become orderly remains a challenge across science and engineering.
Dec 31, 2020
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Making rad maps with robot dogs
In 2013, researchers carried a Microsoft Kinect camera through houses in Japan's Fukushima Prefecture. The device's infrared light traced the contours of the buildings, making a rough 3D map. On top of this, the team layered ...
Oct 11, 2023
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'Morphing' wing could enable more efficient plane manufacturing and flight
When the Wright brothers accomplished their first powered flight more than a century ago, they controlled the motion of their Flyer 1 aircraft using wires and pulleys that bent and twisted the wood-and-canvas wings. This ...
Nov 3, 2016
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A continuum robot inspired by elephant trunks
Conventional robots based on separate joints do not always perform well in complex real-world tasks, particularly those that involve the dexterous manipulation of objects. Some roboticists have thus been trying to devise ...
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New compact and dexterous robotic finger that can withstand physical impacts
For decades researchers have worked to design robotic hands that mimic the dexterity of human hands in the ways they grasp and manipulate objects. However, these earlier robotic hands have not been able to withstand the physical ...
Oct 24, 2022
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'Like liquid metal': Entangled, staple-like particles could inspire new generation of materials
A tightly packed ball of office staples can be surprisingly strong. Try to pull it apart and the tangled metal resists like a solid object. But with the right movement or vibration, that same bundle can quickly fall back ...
Apr 16, 2026
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An inchworm-inspired robot with enhanced transport capabilities
Soft robots inspired by animals can help to tackle real-world problems in efficient and innovative ways. Roboticists have been working to continuously broaden and improve these robots' capabilities, as this could open new ...
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New design lets robotic insect land on walls and take off from them with ease
Insects in nature possess amazing flying skills and can attach to and climb on walls of various materials. Insects that can perform flapping-wing flight, climb on a wall, and switch smoothly between the two locomotion regimes ...
Aug 7, 2023
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Humanoid robots are here, but they're a little awkward. Do we really need them?
Building a robot that's both human-like and useful is a decades-old engineering dream inspired by popular science fiction.
Nov 6, 2023
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