Biomimetic
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Built by engineers at Imperial College London, the new AquaMAv drone uses a collapsible wing to dive like a fish-hunting seabird and scoop up water samples from beneath the surface, and then launch like a flying fish when it's time to return to the skies.
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By studying the intricate folding patterns of a beetle's wings, scientists in Switzerland have developed a drone that opens up and takes to the skies in less than a second with a couple of swift movements.
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A study has found that birds avoid mid-air crashes with one another by always turning to the right when faced with an impending collision, something that might help in the design of anti-crash systems on aircraft in the future.
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Researchers may have opened the door to tiny, millimeter-scale soft robots, by developing a robotic caterpillar that can climb slopes and move loads and is powered and controlled purely by external light.
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ScienceResearch out of the University of California Riverside has unravelled another secret that helps the mantis shrimp's claw move as fast as a .22 caliber bullet but not suffer any damage.
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Researchers have developed a new springing mechanism for robots that enables them to jump many times their own height at just the right time, a technology they have demonstrated in their so-called JumpRoACH leaping micro-bot.
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Thanks to an advance involving their VelociRoACH, researchers at University of California at Berkeley's Biomimetic Millisystems Lab have figured out a way to create machines that will have a "no robot left behind" sense of duty – at least when it comes to climbing stairs.
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Developed to cut the costs of maintaining underwater equipment, the Eelume robot is designed to be unleashed on seabeds where it will glide through tight spaces tending to gear that is out of reach for us humans.
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By learning how bees safely zip through thick rainforests in spite of their poor vision, scientists say they can endow flying robots with similar capabilities, promising exciting new levels of autonomy for small drones.
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ScienceScientists have developed a germ-repelling synthetic polymer inspired by the antibacterial powers of insect wings, which they say could form the basis of resilient new types of eye implants.
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A new developed approach to 3D printing has produced an octopus-inspired robotic device claimed to offer an unprecedented level of agility. Engineers crafted the artificial muscle using commercially available material and say it points to a future of advanced robotic devices inspired by nature.
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In a quest to develop more lifelike robotic parts, scientists at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) have employed a novel thermal training technique to give robotic finger a natural look and feel.
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