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WPI Researchers to Develop Robotic Arm for Wheelchairs
Inspired by origami, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) robotics engineering researchers are developing a lightweight, ...
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Robot made from pig gelatin biodegrades when no longer needed
An origami-inspired robot arm made with material from cotton plants and pigs biodegrades when no longer needed. Such a soft ...
This mantis shrimp-inspired robotic arm can crack an egg
The molds and plate were removed after three hours of curing, and the team applied silicon adhesive to bond the rigid ...
Biodegradable robot parts made from pig gelatine and cotton fiber
The disposal of robot components is complex. They usually end up in the trash. What if they could biodegrade themselves?
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Scientists create world’s first ‘molecular robot’ capable of building molecules
The tiny robots, which are a millionth of a millimetre in size, can be programmed to move and build molecular cargo, using a tiny robotic arm. Each individual ... ‘It is the same sort of process ...
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Pork gelatin powers biodegradable robot arm for delicate tasks
A team of engineers at Westlake University, Zhejiang Normal University and Shaoxing University, all in China, has tested the ...
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Tinkering With Klipper: Making The ManiPilator Robotic Arm
A 3D-printed robotic arm he affectionately calls “ManiPilator ... doing a check using multiple motors. To make his project work, [Leo] relied on open-source software like Klipper, piecing ...