Typically, engineers perform surgery to implant electrodes into the insects’ antennae. The antennae contain sensors for smell ...
Researchers at Harvard have developed a fleet of robotic ants that mimic the self-organizing ...
When it comes to teamwork, we could all learn something from ants. These relatively simple, small-brained animals are famous ...
A 301 mg soft robot jumps continuously under constant light without batteries or electronics, using snap-through buckling and self-shadowing to create an autonomous feedback loop. (Nanowerk Spotlight) ...
A collaborative research group has developed a bio-inspired robotic system based on insect behavior which can locate odor sources both indoors and outdoors with consistent accuracy, even if one of its ...
Dynamic liquid crystal elastomer composites enable a 3D-printed soft robot that switches between three propulsion modes on ...