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Swiss Researchers Create Shapeshifting Robot with Potential Space Applications

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Mori3 features triangular modules that connect to form different configurations. (Image Credit: EPFL, RRL) Swiss Federal Institute of Technology researchers developed Mori3, an origami-inspired shape-shifting robot capable of human interactivity, ca...
- 14 Jun 2023
Egg-Crushing Bot Aims to Help Solve Spotted Lantern Invasion

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TartanPest helps farmers by destroying the Lantern Spottedfly's eggs. (Image Credit: Carnegie Mellon University) Parts of the US have been dealing with apple, hop, and grape crop damage from the spotted lanternfly. Carnegie Mellon University stu...
- 9 Jun 2023
Scientists Develop Wearable Robotic Arms

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Users can wear up to six arms with the Jizai Arms system. (Image Credit: Kazuaki Koyama / Jizai Arms) People wearing a set of robotic arms could handle multiple tasks or wear them as a Spider-Man 2 Dr.Ock impersonation. Or maybe even social interact...
- 23 May 2023
Intrinsic Introduces Flowstate for Robotics Programming

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Flowstate is a minimal coding software platform for robotics. (Image Credit: Intrinsic) On May 15th, Intrinsic, a robotics platform, unveiled its Flowstate software for programming, designing, and deploying automation control software in i...
- 18 May 2023
Adding More Legs on Robots Makes Them Crawl Better

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The team's robot crawls on uneven terrain like a centipede. (Image Credit: Georgia Institute of Technology) Robots with two legs have a difficult time walking on uneven surfaces. That task gets easier for those with four or more legs. Georgia In...
- 11 May 2023
Researchers Develop Robotic Hand That Can Manipulate Objects

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Columbia University's robotic hand can perform complex manipulation tasks. (Image Credit: Columbia University ROAM Lab) Columbia University engineers developed a visionless prototype robotic hand that manipulates objects in the dark. The team&#...
- 10 May 2023
Student Hybrid Rocket Reaches The Highest Altitude, Setting A New World Record

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The team's rocket reached an altitude of 64 kilometers. (Image Credit: HyEnD / University of Stuttgart) On April 18th, the Hybrid Engine Development (HyEnD) team at the University of Stuttgart launched and set an altitude re...
- 20 Apr 2023
University Built - Zem Car Eats up Carbon in the Air While Driving

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The Zem is a green energy car that removes carbon dioxide from the surrounding air as it's being driven. (Image Credit: TU Ecomotive) Students at the Eindhoven University of Technology developed the Zem (zero emissions mobility) car, an EV that...
- 29 Mar 2023
Tiny, fairy-like robot aims to help pollinate worldwide crops

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The team’s fairy-like robot relies on wind to travel to areas where crops require pollination. (Image Credit: Jianfeng Yang / Tampere University) Tampere University researchers created tiny, flyable, fairy-like robots designed to help pollinat...
- 22 Mar 2023
Rochester researchers create a new superconductive material that could revolutionize electricity and electronics

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The team placed a pure sample of lutetium in a reaction chamber with a gas mixture of 99% hydrogen and 1% nitrogen. (Image Credit: University of Rochester photo / J. Adam Fenster) Scientists at the University of Rochester created a new superconducti...
- 13 Mar 2023
New soft, flexible robot arm enters the human body to 3D print cells on organs

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The F3DB soft robotic arm 3D printed various materials with different shapes on a pig's kidney. (Image Credit: University of New South Wales/Dr. Thanh Do) Engineers at the University of New South Wales built F3DB, a tiny, flexible, and soft...
- 6 Mar 2023
Limestone skeletons and robots are helping save coral reefs

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Coral reefs are dying due to global ocean temperatures, but Taryn Foster’s solution could help save them. (Image Credit: GeoNadir/Unsplash) According to Taryn Foster, the chief of Coral Maker, Australia’s coral reef can be saved muc...
- 2 Mar 2023
Rocket Lab successfully launched its Electron rocket for the first time on US soil

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Rocket Lab successfully launched its Electron rocket on US soil for the first time on January 24th. (Image Credit: Rocket Lab) For the first time in the US, Rocket Lab has finally launched its Electron rocket after countless delays! Electron success...
- 16 Feb 2023
Researchers develop a lizard-like robot for Mars exploration

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Researchers developed a lizard-like robot that could one day assist in future Mars missions. (Image Credit: Chen et al (MDPI, 2023) Thanks to technological advancements, humanity is unlocking new space exploration innovations, paving the way to disc...
- 8 Feb 2023
The large rare earth mineral deposit in Europe could reduce its reliance on China

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The deposit of rare earth minerals is shown on the map. (Image Credit: LKAB) Europe could become less dependent on China for rare earth minerals thanks to the recent discovery of an estimated one million tonnes of rare earth minerals in Kiruna, Swed...
- 2 Feb 2023
Upcoming Space Missions in 2023 Set for Exploration and More

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(Image credit: Pixabay) With the James Webb Telescope launch and NASA's successful Artemis 1 mission to the moon, 2023 is ramping up to be a busy year for space exploration and civilian missions. These include missions to study the Moon, Mars, a...
- 1 Feb 2023
Tiny Robot Escapes Jail Cell by Melting And Reconstructing Itself

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By using a magnet, researchers melted this mini robot into a puddle before it slithered out of the caged structure. (Image Credit: Image Credit: Wang and Pan et al/Matter CC-By-SA) At first, I thought this was one of those homemade kid’s LEGO ...
- 27 Jan 2023
Farmers can now repair their John Deere equipment, and John Deere unveils two new systems at CES 2023

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John Deere recently signed a memorandum of understanding, allowing farmers to repair their equipment. (Image Credit: John Deere) John Deere recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the American Farm Bureau (AFB), allowing farmers...
- 13 Jan 2023
The SORA-Q mini rover is headed to the moon!

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SORA-Q is a tiny round rover that navigates the moon. (Image Credit: Takara Tomy) JAXA sent a mini round rover to the moon! On December 11th, SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched with Takara Tomy’s SORA-Q and iSpace’s Hakuto-R M1 lunar lander...
- 28 Dec 2022
ThinkOrbital aims to assemble a low-earth orbit platform in space

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ThinkOribital's spherical structure would allow manufacturing in space with the help of a robotic arm. (Image Credit: ThinkOrbital) ThinkOrbital wants to develop and deploy an orbital platform called ThinkPlatform for product manufacturing and s...
- 21 Dec 2022
These two robotic systems move in unique ways, paving the way toward potential applications

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www.youtube.com/watch Columbia University scientists sought inspiration from a hair comb to design and develop a fast, untethered soft robot with elastic instability called the Hair Clip Mechanism (HCM). Each robot features a strip of prestressed pla...
- 12 Dec 2022
What's happening to the worldwide commercial bees?

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Beekeepers load up tractor trailers with bees to pollinate crops on a farm. (Image Credit: Wikimedia/Pollinator, CC-BY-2.5) Beyond the bee shipping to smaller bee keepers, there is a whole industry of commercial bee pollination of crops! Their condi...
- 2 Dec 2022
Bees are shipped around direct to bee keepers, but what happens?

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Beekeepers usually have bees shipped in a package before placing them inside a hive. (Image Credit: Meggyn Pomerleau/Unsplash) Did you know that bees are shipped to a beekeeper's location? In fact, this transportation method has become in...
- 28 Nov 2022
Bees are now safer from mites thanks to this theromosolar hive system!

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The Thermosolar Hive heats the hive to exterminate any mites that hinder the bee colony. (Image Credit: Thermosolar Hive) Since the Save the Bees Design Challenge started, I’ve been curious about bees and the technology backing them up these d...
- 23 Nov 2022
[UPDATE] NASA's Artemis I program has finally lifted off!

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You can watch live video from the Artemis I on the internet! Just click below: video.ibm.com/.../24825473 Or via this URL: https://video.ibm.com/channel/24825473 NASA launched the Space Launch Rocket with the Orion capsule perched on top. (I...
- 16 Nov 2022