Fast-Running Robot Cheetah Let Off Its Leash
Technology Not creepy at all. It bounds just like a rabbit, but it's not quite as cute. Check out the latest iteration of MIT's Cheetah robot. It's just received an algorithm update that allows it to...
View ArticleMussels Inspire A Glue That Works Underwater
Science It's the strongest bio-inspired, waterproof adhesive yet. There's a new prototype glue that sticks like mussels to a rock—literally. The glue, which works underwater, incorporates proteins...
View ArticleHybrid Bird Drone Flaps Through The Sky
Aviation Robotic elegance Rarely has human flight achieved the gracefulness of the birds. Manned airplanes, no matter how sleek, are still largely tubes with wings, pulled through the sky by powerful…
View ArticleWatch MIT's Robot Cheetah Jump Over Obstacles
Science Cat-like reflexes Cheetahs are known for their speed, but the robotic Cheetah 2 created by the brilliantly twisted minds at MIT's Biomimetics Robotics Lab has another skill to brag about: its…
View ArticleRobots Are Using Dragonfly Eyes To Better Track Moving Objects
Science The tiny insects see in low-res, but are masters of motion tracking Some robots of the future will see the world through the eyes of insects. In a study published this week in the Journal of...
View ArticleNano-Sized Synthetic Coral Could Suck Up Ocean's Pollutants
Environment Absorbing more heavy metal than Scandinavia Corals are great at absorbing toxic heavy metals, which is one of the many reasons they are dying off. Now researchers have created synthetic...
View ArticleRobotic Whiskers Could Help Robots Navigate Through Dark and Murky Environments
Technology Here, robot, robot Many mammals such as cats, rats, and seals use their whiskers as a major sensory system to detect objects in dark environments or even to identify changes in currents in…
View ArticleDrone Borrows Bird's Technique For Low Power Flight
Aviation Smooth flights for tiny robots Humans don’t need to reinvent the wing to make a better flying machine. Humans don’t need to reinvent the wing to make a better flying machine.
View ArticleThis Roach-Inspired Robot Crawls Even When Squished
Animals The friendly, insect-like face of future rescue work This roach bot crawls even when compressed… This roach bot crawls even when compressed…
View ArticleMIT's Mini Cheetah Robot Has Happy Flapping Head
Technology Cheetahs don't jump, they bounce Look at this weird bouncing robot.
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