micro robotics

Nobel Prize 2016 in Chemistry Awarded to the Inventors of World’s Smallest (Molecular) Machine

Nobel Prize 2016 in Chemistry Awarded to the Inventors of World’s Smallest (Molecular) Machine

Oct 5, 2016 @ 19:38 | The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016 is awarded to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa for their design and production of molecular machines. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016 to Jean-Pierre Sauvage (University of Strasbourg, France), Sir J. […]

Shape-programmable Miniscule Robots

Shape-programmable Miniscule Robots

Sep 27, 2016 @ 18:06 | Soft materials that can use magnetic fields to generate desired time-varying shapes could provide an engine for microswimmers One day, microrobots may be able to swim through the human body like sperm or paramecia to carry out medical functions in specific locations. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for […]

Shape-Changing Metamaterial Developed using Kirigami Technique

Shape-Changing Metamaterial Developed using Kirigami Technique

Aug 8, 2016 @ 19:16 |  Engineers from the University of Bristol have developed a new shape-changing metamaterial using Kirigami, which is the ancient Japanese art of cutting and folding paper to obtain 3D shapes. Metamaterials are a class of material engineered to produce properties that don’t occur naturally. Currently metamaterials are used to make […]

Tiny Drones May Help Artists to Create Outdoor Murals

Tiny Drones May Help Artists to Create Outdoor Murals

Aug 6, 2016 @ 21:39 |  Small Flying Robots could someday help artists create outdoor murals. McGill University’s Prof. Kry and his students have programmed tiny drones to create dot drawings – an artistic technique known as stippling. You may have heard of plans to use drones for delivering packages, monitoring wildlife, or tracking storms. But […]

Drexel’s Microswimmer Robots Can Work Together — And Apart

Drexel’s Microswimmer Robots Can Work Together — And Apart

Jul 28, 2016 @ 18:37 |  While developing microswimmer robots for surgical and targeted drug delivery applications, Drexel researchers demonstrated the chain-like robots ability to split apart, operate individually, then link back together. Drexel University researchers, led by MinJun Kim, PhD, a professor in the College of Engineering, have successfully pulled off a feat that […]

Artificial Muscle for Soft Robotics: Low Voltage, High Hopes

Artificial Muscle for Soft Robotics: Low Voltage, High Hopes

Jul 23, 2016 @ 18:25 | By Leah Burrows | Soft actuator could be ‘holy grail’ for soft robotics Soft robots do a lot of things well but they’re not exactly known for their speed. The artificial muscles that move soft robots, called actuators, tend to rely on hydraulics or pneumatics, which are slow to respond […]

A Biohybrid Crawling Robot from Sea Slug parts and 3D Printed Body

A Biohybrid Crawling Robot from Sea Slug parts and 3D Printed Body

Jul 22, 2016 @ 18:05 |  Researchers have created a biohybrid robot with muscle from slug mouth and 3D printed body. Researchers believe that swarms of this robot could one day search the depths of fresh and saltwater. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have combined tissues from a sea slug with flexible 3-D printed […]

New Remote-Controlled Micro-Robots for Medical Operations

New Remote-Controlled Micro-Robots for Medical Operations

 Jul 22, 2016 @ 16:57 | By Laure-Anne Pessina | EPFL | Scientists at EPFL and ETHZ have developed a new method for building micro-robots that could be used in the body to deliver drugs and perform other medical operations. For the past few years, scientists around the world have been studying ways to use miniature […]

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