An orange wheel rolls across concrete and suddenly jumps, as if it decided to ...
In the future, farmers could grow fruits and vegetables in multilevel warehouses with the help of more efficient methods for ...
Bees navigate long distances without satellites, digital maps, or external guidance. By reading patterns ...
A new study from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute used a robot to mimic common big-eared bats' echolocation skills ...
This spinning-mass principle drives several robots in development. One is a remote-controlled wheel that jumps when the internal mass rotates fast enough to lift it off the ground. Unlike spring-based ...
According to past experiments, big-eared bats use leaves as acoustic mirrors to hunt silent insects. The theory stated that ...
CAMBRIDGE, MA — With a more efficient method for artificial pollination, farmers in the future could grow fruits and vegetables inside multilevel warehouses, boosting yields while mitigating some of ...
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) ...