Taking a cue from biological cells, researchers from MIT, Columbia University, and elsewhere have developed computationally simple robots that connect in large groups to move around, transport objects ...

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WARSAW, Poland, Aug. 18 (UPI) --Researchers in Poland recently unveiled a light-powered micro-robot capable of mimicking the slow, steady crawl of an inchworm or small caterpillar. The ...

A new robot stingray can swim with help from an unexpected source: muscle cells that were taken from rat hearts, a new study finds. Understanding how to build machines from heart cells could lead to ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - A Boston-based company is now selling rolling robots that use ultraviolet light to disinfect buildings and kill the coronavirus. Corvus Robotics says it programmed the robots to roam ...

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