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Researchers Build Ciliate-Inspired Microrobot Using Liquid-Crystal Elastomers

Ciliates can do amazing things: Being so tiny, the water in which they live is like thick honey to these microorganisms. In spite of this, however, they are able to self-propel through water by the synchronized movement of thousands of extremely thin filaments on their outer skin, called cilia.

26 Feb 2016

Wearable Robotic Limb Allows Drummers to Play with Three Arms

Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have built a wearable robotic limb that allows drummers to play with three arms. The two-foot long “smart arm” can be attached to a musician’s shoulder. It responds to human gestures and the music it hears.

18 Feb 2016

UC Berkeley Develops CRAM Robot that Can Squeeze through Tiniest Cracks to Find Disaster Victims

Our fear and disgust that cockroaches can quickly squeeze through the tiniest cracks are well-justified, say UC Berkeley scientists.

9 Feb 2016

EPFL Scientists Incorporate Electroadhesion in Soft Robotics to Grasp Objects

Have you ever rubbed a balloon in your hair to make it stick to the wall? This electrostatic stickiness called electroadhesion may change robotics forever.

1 Feb 2016

Researchers Successfully Perform Deep-Sea Collection of Fragile Biological Specimens Using Soft Robotic Grippers

During a 2014 talk on his exploration of deep sea coral reefs, Baruch College marine biologist David Gruber showed a video of clunky robotic hands collecting fragile specimens of coral and sponges from the ocean floor.

21 Jan 2016

WowWee Introduces Canine Home Intelligent Pet

WowWee, a leader in consumer robotics and the creator of innovative and fun-loving products like Robosapien™, MiP™ and MiPosaur™, today announced availability of its newest robot: CHiP.

8 Jan 2016

Researchers Develop TAUB Locust-Inspired Miniature Jumping Robot

Since the 1980s, advanced robotic platforms have provided assistance to crisis intervention teams in the wake of man-made and natural disasters. The objective of such robots, in various sizes and shapes, has been to intervene where humans cannot and send life-saving data to rescue teams in the field.

18 Dec 2015

Row-Bot Robot Feeds on Rich Organic Matter in Dirty Water

Polluted water can at times make swimming in the sea or a pool risky, on the other hand aquatic organisms such as water boatman need the nutrients in dirty water to feed on. Taking inspiration from water beetles and other swimming insects, academics at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL) have developed the Row-bot, a robot that thrives in dirty water. The Row-bot mimics the way that the water boatman moves and the way that it feeds on rich organic matter in the dirty water it swims in.

24 Nov 2015

Construction of Complex Bridges by Army Ants Could Inspire Autonomous Robotic Swarms

Army ants construct complex bridges from their own bodies to span gaps and create shortcuts in the floor of the tropical forests of Central America, according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

24 Nov 2015

Soft Robotics Analyzed at NanotechITALY2015

Nowadays, scientists draw inspiration from Nature to design robotic devices. Classical engineering solutions have been replaced by mechanisms arising from the observation of natural creatures.

20 Nov 2015