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Control of Snake-Like Robots for High Mobility and Dexterity

Snake-like articulated mobile robots can enter narrow spaces and climb obstacles using their long and thin bodies, and are effective for inspection of narrow spaces and search-and-rescue operation on disaster sites.

13 Sep 2019

Study Demonstrates Fully Untethered Soft Robots in Liquid

In the past few years, soft robots have received a great deal of attention for their special characteristics when compared to conventional rigid robots.

5 Aug 2019

New Insect-Sized Robot Withstands the Weight of an Average Human

The sight of a scurrying bug can make individuals look away because they probably feel uneasy. Now, a novel insect-sized robot developed by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), can skitter across the floor at almost the speed of a darting cockroach.

1 Aug 2019

New Millimeter-Scale Soft Snail Robot Driven by Liquid Crystal Elastomer Technology

Liquid crystal elastomer technology was used by researchers at the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw, Poland to show the capability of a bio-inspired microrobot to imitate the adhesive locomotion of snails and slugs in natural scale.

1 Aug 2019

Microrobots Stimulated by Laser Beam May be Effective in Treating Tumors

Targeted medical treatment is a practice that is as old as medicine itself. A broken arm is placed in a cast. A Band-Aid is used to cover a skinned knee. Drops are put into itchy eyes.

25 Jul 2019

New Method of Manipulating Cells Using Microrobotics

A novel and non-invasive approach for controlling cells using microrobotics has recently been demonstrated by researchers in the lab of Professor Aaron Wheeler (Chemistry, IBBME).

9 Jul 2019

Mobile Motor Could Help Robots Assemble Complex Structures

Neil Gershenfeld, a professor at MIT, came up with an audacious idea years ago.

3 Jul 2019

Miniature RoboBee Flies Untethered for the First Time

On a late afternoon in August, several years of research in the Harvard Microrobotics Lab, climaxed in a moment of stress as the tiny, revolutionary RoboBee began its first solo flight.

27 Jun 2019

Scaffold Microrobots Used Successfully in Cell Transplantation

A Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) research team has successfully developed stem cell delivery of scaffold microrobot that can exactly deliver cells to a target body tissue.

18 Jun 2019

New Agile Robot May Aid in Scouting and Search-And-Rescue Operations

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) have created a new, agile robot, known as Salto, as part of a research project for the U.S. Army.

29 May 2019