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Environmentally Responsive & Temperature-Sensitive Soft Robot

A research team developed a new type of soft robot, made of actuating electronics, ultrathin sensing, and temperature-sensitive artificial muscle capable of adapting to the surroundings and crawling, comparable to the movement of a caterpillar or inchworm.

20 Apr 2018

Nature-Inspired Anti-Collision Technology to Increase Safety of Driverless Cars

A research project is focused on developing a pioneering new collision avoidance system to improve the safety of driverless cars, based on insect swarms.

29 Mar 2018

Soft Robotic Fish Could Enable Closer Study of Marine Life

This month scientists published rare footage of one of the Arctic's most elusive sharks. The findings demonstrate that, even with many technological advances in recent years, it remains a challenging task to document marine life up close.

22 Mar 2018

Researchers Designing Bio-Inspired Microrobots

Researchers are designing swarms of robotic bees and jumping robot spiders, aiming to lead the world in micro robotics.

7 Mar 2018

Efficient Machine Learning Algorithm for Customizing Wearable Devices

In the case of soft, assistive devices, such as the exosuit being developed by the Harvard Biodesign Lab, the robot and the wearer have to be in sync. However, the movements of every person differ slightly; therefore, customizing the parameters of the robot for an individual user is an ineffective and time-consuming process.

1 Mar 2018

Nature-Inspired Soft Robots with Embedded Sensing Capabilities

Researchers have developed nature-inspired soft robots with the ability to swim, grasp delicate objects, crawl, and even assist a beating heart.

1 Mar 2018

Kirigami-Inspired Robot Slithers Around Harvard Campus

Snakes have no need for legs as their streamlined body enables them to slither nearly 14 miles per hour, slip into congested space, go up trees, and swim.

25 Feb 2018

Multi-Legged Robot to Replicate Cockroach Locomotion

Researchers are persuading the bugs to divulge some crucial locomotion tips that could aid future robotic vehicles to navigate treacherous terrain.

16 Feb 2018

Robotic Fish Sees and Mimics Live Zebrafish in Real Time

Biomimetic robots have been used with live animals to gain knowledge into animal behavior drivers, such as leadership, fear, social cues and courtship.

9 Feb 2018

Researchers Develop Brittle Star-Like Robot Capable of Adapting to Physical Damage

Researchers at Tohoku University and Hokkaido University have, for the first time, succeeded in developing a robot capable of immediately adapting to unexpected physical damage.

15 Dec 2017