Millirobots with tunable adhesive microstructures grip and release solids and liquids in both air and underwater environments ...

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Uncover the unique design of GRIP-tape, a robot hand featuring measuring tape that showcases creativity in engineering.

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It's a game a lot of us played as children -- and maybe even later in life: unspooling measuring tape to see how far it would extend before bending. But to engineer, this game was an inspiration, ...

But to engineers at the University of California San Diego, this game was an inspiration, suggesting that measuring tape could become a great material for a robotic gripper. The grippers would be ...

A prototype "hairy robotic gripper" has been developed by the University of Edinburgh, in a project that includes as partners the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Ocado Group and Amazon ...

Cornell researchers have developed a pair of small robots powered by mycelium designed for use in agriculture and space ...

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