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This Origami Robot, Created in Harvard, Can Slither Like A Snake

February 23, 2018February 23, 2018Y. K. SharmaComments Off

A group of researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have designed an inflatable, origami robot that can crawl like a snake. The skin of this bot looks like an origami snakeskin, allowing it to slither across the ground. “There has been a lot of research in recent […]

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Tiny RoboBees that can Fly, Land and Stick to Surfaces Using Static Electricity

May 22, 2016January 12, 2017Y. K. SharmaComment(0)

Scientists at the Harvard Microrobotics Lab have developed a tiny robot – dubbed RoboBee – that can fly and stick to surface using static electricity. Weighing just 0.08 grams, the RoboBee is equipped with a pair of tiny wings that can beat up to 120 times in one second. The first model of the tiny […]