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Research on Remote-Controlled Peristaltic Locomotion in Free-Floating PNIPAM Hydrogels

A prestigious journal published a UC undergraduate's research on hydrogels a special substance that can be equipped to detect bacteria, carry cargo and deliver medicine

31 May 2014

Researchers Take Tips from Nature to Build Next Generation of Flying Robots

Researchers have been taking tips from nature to build the next generation of flying robots.

26 May 2014

Octopus’ Self-avoidance Strategy Holds Potential for Bioinspired Robot Design

An octopus's arms are covered in hundreds of suckers that will stick to just about anything, with one important exception. Those suckers generally won't grab onto the octopus itself; otherwise, the impressively flexible animals would quickly find themselves all tangled up.

19 May 2014

Robotic Frog Helps Test How Female Frogs Integrate Audio-Visual Signals

If you've ever heard the boisterous courtship sounds being made at night by male frogs gathered around a pond or "watering hole" to attract mates, you may have noticed some communication similarities to those of humans enjoying a loud night out at a cocktail party or bar—that familiar cacophony with everyone essentially shouting over each other to be heard.

6 May 2014

RoboClam Nearly as Efficient as the Atlantic Razor Clam

A digging robot inspired by the unique mechanisms employed by the Atlantic razor clam has been created by a group of researchers in the US.

9 Apr 2014

New Report on Electric Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Electric UAVs 2014-2024" report to their offering.

7 Apr 2014

Medrobotics to Market Robot-Assisted Surgical Device Inspired by Snake Robots

Medrobotics Corp. has announced it will begin limited marketing in Europe of a robot-assisted surgical device that is based on the snake robot research of Howie Choset, Carnegie Mellon University professor of robotics.

3 Apr 2014

Self-Contained Autonomous Soft Robot Demonstrates Rapid Body Motion

Soft robots — which don’t just have soft exteriors but are also powered by fluid flowing through flexible channels — have become a sufficiently popular research topic that they now have their own journal, Soft Robotics.

14 Mar 2014

New Propulsive Mechanism Discovered in Jellyfish

A Navy-sponsored project to design a biologically inspired, swimming jellyfish robot has led scientists to the surprising discovery of common bending rules for the tips of wings, fins, flukes, mollusk feet, and other propulsors across a broad range of animal species.

19 Feb 2014

Flight Aerodynamics of Fruit Bat Inspire Design of ‘Micro Air Vehicles’ with Flapping Wings

By exploring how creatures in nature are able to fly by flapping their wings, Virginia Tech researchers hope to apply that knowledge toward designing small flying vehicles known as "micro air vehicles" with flapping wings.

19 Feb 2014