Researchers are trying to figure out the best way to reduce R, the statistic that informs about the number of people an infected person infects. Since countries like Hong Kong only had 4 deaths out of 7.5 million people, they are trying to determine the various confounding and underlying variables that […]

Dr. David, the director of the Bioinspired and Medical Robotics Laboratory, engineered the “Minimally actuated Reconfigurable Continuous Track Robot” for search and rescue situations in complicated terrain. It can purposed for other applications such excavation, agriculture and crawling inside pipes for industrial maintenance. One Dr. David’s robot is also the SAW […]

The present article shows the development of a gripper for general purposes with grasping and holding capabilities enabled by a simple control scheme. This objective has been reached exploiting the combination of soft materials, underactuated mechanisms, and a bioinspired design. The development of the soft gripper will be explained by reporting […]

Changes in structure and function of small muscular arteries play a major role in the pathophysiology of pulmonary hypertension, a burgeoning public health challenge. Improved anatomically mimetic in vitro models of these microvessels are urgently needed because nonhuman vessels and previous models do […]

Scientists in South Korea are developing a robot that can fly and walk – and switch between the two at great speed. There’s also one that jumps.Inspired, they say, by the streamlined movements of ladybugs (also known as ladybird beetles), Sang-Min Baek and colleagues from Seoul National University have constructed an […]

A start-up has created a device that used the DNA of jellyfish in order to “code” videogames. The DNA being used is the DNA that makes jellyfish glows, which is used in the “coding” process to act as pixels. Because this technology is new, the games that can be made use […]

A team of scientists in South Korea are developing a robot that unfolds its wings, using the streamline movements of ladybugs as inspiration, in order to fly unlike other origami inspired robots that use rigid plates. This robot would have the ability to switch between walking and flying in a matter […]

Animal Dynamics has developed another bio-inspired UAV called Stork, which is designed to address the last-mile logistics problem in dangerous situations. The goal is to supply frontline troops without the casualties and expensive damage that can occur by current methods like helicopter, truck or even quadbike. Animal […]

The man behind the updated Mini, Fiat 500 and BMW X5 turns his eye to a completely different design project: the baby seat. The seat – built for 0-4 year olds – absorbs energy through a system that the design team calls ‘spiral technology’. The spiral technology is based on the […]

Corals have evolved as optimized photon augmentation systems, leading to space-efficient microalgal growth and outstanding photosynthetic quantum efficiencies. Light attenuation due to algal self-shading is a key limiting factor for the upscaling of microalgal cultivation. Coral-inspired light management systems could overcome this limitation and facilitate scalable bioenergy […]

Before, most underwater robots use propellers to get around. Inspired by squid, researchers from Beihang University invented a “squid-like aquatic-aerial vehicle”. Squids propel themselves using water jets. Some squids have strong water jets and they can jump out of the water. They achieve controlled flight for a […]

Robotic vehicles capable of transition from aquatic to terrestrial locomotion face considerable challenges associated with propulsive efficiency and performance in each environment. Here we present a morphing amphibious robotic limb that combines the locomotor adaptations of sea turtles for swimming and tortoises for walking. The limb can transform between the streamlined […]

The quest for developing an ideal suture material prompted our interest to develop a novel suture with advantageous characters to market available ones. From natural origin only silk, cotton and linen fibers are presently available in market as non-absorbable suture biomaterials. In this study, we have developed a novel, cost-effective, and […]

Origami allows for compact and lightweight designs, but it usually isn’t very pliable. Ladybugs have collapsible wings controlled by a specialized vein that acts as a main frame. This type of compliant foldable design allows for energy storage as well, which means the wing can deploy quickly and also sustain aerodynamic […]

Materials combining optical transparency and mechanical strength are highly demanded for electronic displays, structural windows and in the arts, but the oxide-based glasses currently used in most of these applications suffer from brittle fracture and low crack tolerance. We report a simple approach to fabricate bulk transparent materials with a nacre-like […]

When a ladybug takes flight, its wings spring open within a tenth of a second—faster than a blink of an eye. And once unfurled, those wings remain open, allowing them to flap quickly without risk of folding or buckling. These properties make the colorful little beetles a great source of inspiration […]

Tactile sensing is required for the dexterous manipulation of objects in robotic applications. In particular, the ability to measure and distinguish in real time normal and shear forces is crucial for slip detection and interaction with fragile objects. Here, we report a biomimetic soft electronic skin (e-skin) that is composed of […]