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Rotibots: Cyborgs made of microfauna and microbeads
As increasing volumes of potentially toxic chemicals are shipped globally and incorporated into industrial networks, the risk of chemical...
Apr 15, 20193 min read
Gummy-like robots that could help prevent disease
Human tissues experience a variety of mechanical stimuli that can affect their ability to carry out their physiological functions, such...
Feb 18, 20192 min read
Study unfolds a new class of mechanical devices
It took just over 10 years, but real science has finally caught up to the science fiction of Iron Man's transforming exoskeleton suit. In...
Feb 14, 20192 min read
The first tendril-like soft robot able to climb
Researchers took inspiration from plants and their movement. Indeed, being unable to escape (unlike animals), plants have associated...
Jan 25, 20192 min read
How to mass produce cell-sized robots
Tiny robots no bigger than a cell could be mass-produced using a new method developed by researchers at MIT. The microscopic devices,...
Oct 23, 20185 min read
Cell-sized robots can sense their environment
Researchers at MIT have created what may be the smallest robots yet that can sense their environment, store data, and even carry out...
Jul 21, 20184 min read
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