multimodal locomotion

Cutting-Edge Research: Magnetic Soft-bodied Robots

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Cutting-Edge Research: Magnetic Soft-bodied Robots

Small magnetic soft-bodied robots can be designed for different modes of movement, enabling navigation and operation in unstructured, confined, and dynamic environments. These soft micro-robots can be used in medical applications, where the robot’s task is to move within the human body. Recently, Ziyu Ren & Metin Sitti from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent … Read more

Inspired by Batfish, Chinese Research Team Develops Miniature Deep-Sea Morphable Robot Capable of Swimming, Gliding, and Crawling in the Mariana Trench

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Inspired by Batfish, Chinese Research Team Develops Miniature Deep-Sea Morphable Robot Capable of Swimming, Gliding, and Crawling in the Mariana Trench

At the depths of the Mariana Trench, where the pressure is equivalent to a one-ton rhinoceros standing on a fingernail and the temperature approaches freezing, deep-sea robots that could reach this area were mostly large rigid submersibles weighing several tons. For small robots under one meter in length, the extreme environment here was once a … Read more