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Tag Archives: biomimetics
Carnegie Mellon’s Incredible Robot Snake Climbs a Real Tree
Carnegie Mellon has taught its robotic snake to climb trees, though one hopes it won’t start offering your spouse apples. [...]
Computer Chip Implant to Program Brain Activity, Treat Parkinson’s
An international team of researchers led by Dr. Matti Mintz at the University of Tel Aviv is working on a [...]
Posted in AI, Cyborg, Longevity And Health
Tagged biomimetics, bionic, brain, DBS, deep brain stimulation, electrode, parkinson's disease, ReNaChip
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New Must-See Video of the Spectacular A-Pod Ant Robot
When designing insect robots some engineers stop at the six legs. Norwegian Kåre Halvorsen decided to go ‘full ant’ by [...]
Posted in Robots
Tagged A-pod, biomimetics, biomimicry, bionic robots, hexapod robot, Kåre Halvorsen, norway, robot serving beer, Zenta
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Festo’s Extraordinary Robots That Mimic Biology (video)
I have a new favorite robot. It’s called the AirPenguin and it’s exactly what it sounds like: a robotic penguin [...]
Posted in Cyborg, Robots
Tagged AirPenguin, biomimetics, biomimicry, Bionic Learning Newtork, biorobotics, BLN, Festo, first
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The Remote Controlled Hummingbird Robot From Chiba (Video)
Why just build robots in our own image, when there are millions of other animals to translate into machinery? The [...]
DASH Robot Can Fall Off 28m Building, Keep Running (Video)
Have you ever tried to catch a running cockroach? They’re fast little suckers, and resilient too, which is why scientists [...]