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A group of engineers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) has developed a four-legged robot dog. The team at EPFL's Computational Robot Design & Fabrication Lab (CREATE), ...

Scientists have created a four-legged bio-inspired robot that climbs like no other. It clings to rough vertical surfaces utilizing a unique mechanism that is highly effective, yet at the same time ...

Researchers at Cornell University on Monday showcased a pair of bio-inspired robotics running on a hydraulic fluid-powered battery. The redox flow battery (RFB) also mimics biological functions, as it ...

A new bio-inspired robot, which employs that same strategy, could one day be used in underground exploration or even search-and-rescue missions. An earthworm's body is made up of individual ...

(Nanowerk News) It is a high-speed movement: within fractions of a second the mouthparts of the dragonfly larvae spring forwards to seize its prey. For decades, researchers had assumed that this ...

Researchers at the Technical University of Darmstadt and the Helmholtz Center Dresden-Rossendorf have developed flexible ...

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