Gummy robot does ‘the worm’ when temps change
A soft robot powered by nothing more than temperature change may one day be able to crawl through the human body to deliver medicine.
A soft robot powered by nothing more than temperature change may one day be able to crawl through the human body to deliver medicine.
A new robot can go almost anywhere. “If it slips on stairs, it can recover. It can go into unknown environments and adapt.”
A new robot can go almost anywhere. “If it slips on stairs, it can recover. It can go into unknown environments and adapt.”
New soft “ringbots” can crawl in air and under water, pulling small payloads when exposed to elevated temperatures or infrared light.
Researchers have created a robot that can morph its legs into flippers before taking a swim, just like the turtles that inspired it.
A new device owes its height-jumping prowess to the size of its spring relative to its motor: it’s nearly 100 times greater than that found in animals.