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Researchers at North Carolina State University have demonstrated a caterpillar-like soft robot that can move forward, backward and dip under narrow spaces. The caterpillar-bot’s movement is driven by a novel pattern of silver nanowires that use heat to control the way the robot bends, allowing users to steer the robot in either direction. CREDIT Shuang Wu, NC State University

Away Team Droid Tech: Robot Caterpillars For Planetary Exploration

by Keith CowingMarch 25, 2023

Researchers at North Carolina State University have demonstrated a caterpillar-like soft robot that can move forward, backward and dip under narrow spaces. The caterpillar-bot’s movement is driven by a novel […]

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Bioinspired Earthworm Robot: A Droid To Search For Subsurface Planetary Life?

by Keith CowingMarch 1, 2023

Researchers at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology) in Genoa has realized a new soft robot inspired by the biology of earthworms, which is able to crawl thanks […]