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Study Findings Pave Way for New Generation of Jumping Micro-Robots

When it's time to design new robots, sometimes the best inspiration can come from Mother Nature. Take, for example, her creepy, but incredibly athletic spider crickets.

22 Oct 2015

Engineers Successfully 3D Print Soft Robotic Tentacle

Cornell University engineers have developed a method to re-create the arrangement of muscles of an octopus tentacle, using an elastomer and 3D printer.

16 Oct 2015

Jumping Plankton Could Inspire Development of Tiny, Jumping Aquatic Robots

Dolphins and whales may attract a lot of attention when they leap dramatically out of the water. But aquatic animals thousands of times smaller are accomplished jumpers, too.

15 Oct 2015

Snake Robot Device Market Forecast to Reach $2.3 Billion by 2019

Confined spaces exist. A confined space exists because of a lack of ability to take apart or dismantle components. Confined spaces exist in nuclear reactors where radiation is dangerous for human, aircraft inside the wings and other small spaces that need to remain intact, the human body which likewise cannot be dismantled easily, industrial processing plants that have containers, underwater environments, ship-building, and space.

15 Oct 2015

Researchers Test Ability of Bio-Inspired Hexapedal Robot to Move Across Loosely-Packed Surface

Having a light touch can make a hefty difference in how well animals and robots move across challenging granular surfaces such as snow, sand and leaf litter.

13 Oct 2015

‘Avatar’-Like Bio-Robotic Motor System Helps Understand Locomotion from Leg Up

Simple mechanical descriptions of the way people and animals walk, run, jump and hop liken whole leg behavior to a spring or pogo stick.

13 Oct 2015

Researchers Develop Test-Bed to Test Performance of Animals and Hexapedal Robot

These findings, reported today, Friday 9th October, in the journal Bioinspiration & Biomechanics, offer a new insight into how animals respond to different terrain, and how robots can learn from them.

9 Oct 2015

Robotic Finger Mimics Motions of Human Finger

Most robotic parts used today are rigid, have a limited range of motion and don't really look lifelike. Inspired by both nature and biology, a scientist from Florida Atlantic University has designed a novel robotic finger that looks and feels like the real thing.

9 Oct 2015

Researchers Create Robotic 'School' with 3D-Printed Plastic Wing Swimmers

Fish and birds, when moving in groups, could use two "gears"--one slow and another fast--in ways that conserve energy, a team of New York University researchers has concluded. Its findings offer new insights into the contours of air and water flows--knowledge that could be used to develop more energy-efficient modes of transportation.

7 Oct 2015