Robotics
May 23, 2014
Nature inspires drones of the future (w/ Video)
(Â鶹ÒùÔº) —Researchers have been taking tips from nature to build the next generation of flying robots.
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Robotics
Apr 8, 2014
As fast as their tiny 'bot' legs will carry them (w/ video)
Imagine robots no bigger than your finger tip scrambling through the rubble of a disaster site to search for victims or to assess damage. That's the vision of engineer Sarah Bergbreiter and her research team at the University ...
Materials Science
Mar 31, 2014
Optical components made of multiresponsive microgels
"Intelligent" materials that can respond to external stimuli are high on the wish lists of many scientists because of their possible usefulness in various applications from sensors to microrobotics. Canadian researchers are ...
Nanophysics
Jan 17, 2014
Sperm-bots are made to move in desired direction (w/ Video)
Scientists have shown how controlled sperm cells inside tubes can be driven to target destinations using magnetic control. The significance of their investigation lies partly in what may be in store for in vitro fertilization. ...
General Â鶹ÒùÔºics
Dec 20, 2013
The beat goes on with a new model for artificial flagella
(Â鶹ÒùÔº) —Eukaryotic flagella, whip-like organelles that elegantly propel microorganisms and pump fluid, seem to embody simplicity on the microscopic scale. But appearances can be deceptive: Flagella are composed of 650 ...
Materials Science
Nov 8, 2013
'Peanut' particles could be used to build micro-scale factories
(Â鶹ÒùÔº) —One of the main components of a factory is the robots that transport and assemble objects of varying shapes and sizes. When scaling down to the micro level, the steel and wiring that these robots are made of ...
General Â鶹ÒùÔºics
Sep 13, 2013
To touch the microcosmos
What if you could reach through a microscope to touch and feel the microscopic structures under the lens? In a breakthrough that may usher in a new era in the exploration of the worlds that are a million times smaller than ...
Engineering
May 6, 2013
Oxygen-sensing microrobots
(Â鶹ÒùÔº) —When the retina's supply of blood and oxygen runs low, physicians have to react quickly to preserve a patient's eyesight. But up until now there have been no methods sensitive enough to measure how well the ...
Robotics
Jul 26, 2012
The first robot that mimics the water striders' jumping abilities
(Â鶹ÒùÔº) -- The first bio-inspired microrobot capable of not just walking on water like the water strider – but continuously jumping up and down like a real water strider – now is a reality. Scientists reported ...
General Â鶹ÒùÔºics
May 23, 2012
Hawaii lab turns laser-powered bubbles into microrobots
(Â鶹ÒùÔº) -- A team of scientists from the University of Hawaii are working on microrobots created from bubbles of air in a saline solution. The bubbles take on their title of “robots” as a laser is deployed to ...
