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 […]

Soft-bodied aquatic invertebrates, such as sea slugs and snails, are capable of diverse locomotion modes under water. Recapitulation of such multimodal aquatic locomotion in small-scale soft robots is challenging, due to difficulties in precise spatiotemporal control of deformations and inefficient underwater actuation of existing stimuli-responsive materials. Solving this challenge and devising […]

In a major advance in mind-controlled prosthetics for amputees, researchers have tapped faint, latent signals from arm nerves and amplified them to enable real-time, intuitive, finger-level control of a robotic hand.

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IUPUI students create biologically inspired designs that could be used to create a safer football helmet. They considered cellular helmet liners are ideal for impact energy absorption, as their structures can mimic the excellent absorbing capabilities of energy protective biological structures. These students took some of nature’s hardest surfaces — surfaces […]

Inspired by the visual system of the mantis shrimp-researchers have created a new type of camera that could greatly improve the ability of cars to spot hazards in challenging imaging conditions.

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Researchers from the Wyss Institute Harvard University have developed a system for replicating complex, 3-D tissues in the human body using circuitry combined with living cells. Organ-on-a-chip technology mimics the natural function and structure of human organs to easily and accurately predict the effects of drugs and toxins on human tissues […]

Deep learning is a machine learning technique that uses multi-layered networks to learn how to do a task. Due to the volume of data and complexity of algorithms in the networks, it is often unclear to humans how exactly artificial intelligence learns. Similar to reinforcement training used with dogs, reinforcement deep […]

Mantis shrimp developed an internal structure to protect its club it uses to attack the preys with great force. This unique structure that wraps around its club protects it from being damage as it attacks its preys. The University of California Riverside reverse engineering the club and has determined that it […]