Now researchers at MIT, Harvard University and Seoul National University have engineered a soft autonomous robot that moves via peristalsis, crawling across surfaces by contracting segments of its body, much like an earthworm. The robot, made almost entirely of soft materials, is remarkably resilient: Even when stepped upon or bludgeoned with a hammer, the robot is able to inch away, unscathed.
Research and publish the best content.
Get Started for FREE
Sign up with Facebook Sign up with X
I don't have a Facebook or a X account
Already have an account: Login
Science News
450.7K views |
+27 today
 Your new post is loading...
Your new post is loading...
Scoop.it!
After MIT researchers fine-tune software that can read human facial expressions for emotion, the next step will be to apply the technology to crowds of millions of people to get a feeling for a population's general mood. 
Scoop.it!
Forty years after its initial publication, a study called The Limits to Growth is looking depressingly prescient. Commissioned by an international think tank called the Club of Rome, the 1972 report found that if civilization continued on its path toward increasing consumption, the global economy would collapse by 2030. Population losses would ensue, and things would generally fall apart.
Scoop.it!
Researchers at MIT’s Lincoln Lab have developed new radar technology that provides real-time video of what’s going on behind solid walls.
|
Scoop.it!
MIT researchers present a digital fabrication technique for manufacturing active objects in 2D from a collection of small robots. Part of the paper, "A Distributed Algorithm for 2D Shape Duplication With Smart Pebble Robots," by K. Gilpin and D. Rus, presented at the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation.
Scoop.it!
Does even the sight of someone getting the needle make you squirm? All those with the hypodermic heebee-jeebees will be happy to hear that scientists at MIT have developed a new drug injection system that uses a near-supersonic jet stream instead of a needle.
Scoop.it!
MIT researchers find a way to generate power without the usual mirror arrays.
|
