Roboticists have a habit of looking to nature for inspiration, and this time, they've turned to the humble marine flatworm. Known for undulating their bodies to move through water, ocean-dwelling ...

A team of researchers at EPFL’s School of Engineering and the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems has created a ...

A new bot addresses that issue by utilizing a swimming mechanism inspired by flatworms. Although marine flatworms generally stay on the seabed, they can swim through open water by undulating their ...

Inspired by marine flatworms, the innovative device offers new possibilities for environmental monitoring and ecological research. Swimming robots play a crucial role in mapping pollution ...

This will give a big boost to the marine life documentation of the region ... one more undescribed flatworm species was found, which resembled an electric flatworm. Deepu, a researcher in Andhra ...

Miniature electronics for autonomous operation Unlike traditional propeller-based systems, the EPFL robot uses silently undulating fins –inspired by marine flatworms – for propulsion.