In the realm of microrobotics, small and malleable machines are, in the meme-y words of Mugatu, so hot right now. Scientists appear to be doing everything they can to crack the code behind what it ...
CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. — New shape-shifting ‘Transformer bots’ have been inspired by origami. The versatile robots could transform space travel, say scientists. Taking inspiration from the ancient ...
Sticks and stones may break your bones, but rods and cables may one day help NASA explore planets. For a few years now, scientists at NASA’s Ames research center and students from the University of ...
(Nanowerk News) Inspired by the paper-folding art of origami, North Carolina State University engineers have discovered a way to make a single plastic cubed structure transform into more than 1,000 ...
Research is still in the early stages, but the concept renders are straight out of science fiction. Some friendly folks at Carnegie Mellon University are working towards electromagnetic microscopic ...
The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content. Kilobots were designed to mimic the behavior of a swarm of bees, colony of army ants, or flock of ...
Four decades ago, TV viewers foresaw a 21st century served by domestic robots like The Jetsons' housekeeper, Rosie. Just a couple of generations later, children watched the cartoon, Transformers, ...
Sticks and stones may break your bones, but rods and cables may one day help NASA explore planets. For a few years now, scientists at NASA’s Ames research center and students from the University of ...
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