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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
NC State researchers create 3D-printed soft mesh robots
Researchers at North Carolina State University have created 3D-printed flexible mesh structures that can be controlled with applied...
Jan 24, 20192 min read
Mighty morphing materials take complex shapes
Rice University scientists have created a rubbery, shape-shifting material that morphs from one sophisticated form to another on demand....
Jan 1, 20192 min read
3D-printed robot hand plays the piano
Scientists have developed a 3D-printed robotic hand which can play simple musical phrases on the piano by just moving its wrist. And...
Dec 27, 20183 min read
Robots with sticky feet can climb up, down, and all around
Jet engines can have up to 25,000 individual parts, making regular maintenance a tedious task that can take over a month per engine. Many...
Dec 19, 20185 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
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