Inspired by animals, this “musculoskeletal” robotic leg moves using artificial extensor and flexor muscles. The leg is driven by electro-hydraulic actuators that are attached to the robotic ...

The hopping robot, which is smaller than a human thumb and weighs less than a paperclip, has a springy leg that propels it off the ground, and four flapping-wing modules that give it lift and ...

Inspired by the movements of a tiny parasitic worm, Georgia Tech engineers have created a 5-inch soft robot that can jump as ...

“The third pair of legs is longer ... “Robotics researchers are likely to be inspired to build robots based on the semi-hydraulic systems of jumping spiders that have efficient goal-directed ...

Robot arms and grippers do important ... The researchers realised that they could tap into this hydraulic system to extend and contract the spider’s legs at will. With a dead spider, all the ...

Harvard’s tiny flying robot, known as the RoboBee, has just gotten a major upgrade that makes landing much safer and smoother. Inspired by the long legs of crane flies, engineers have given the robot ...

Inspired by the movements of a tiny parasitic worm, engineers have created a 5-inch soft robot that can jump as ... feet high even though it doesn't have legs. The researchers made it after ...