Coordinating groups of underwater robots is difficult because communication below the surface is slow and unreliable. GPS ...

A new approach to simulating biologically inspired robotics can cut the design and training of tactile robots from eighteen ...

New research suggests that a novel method for simulating biologically inspired robots could reduce the design and training ...

BALTIMORE, Md. – In looking for creative inspiration, engineering student Qiyuan Fu finds it in a box, with an interesting occupant. Inside: a real, live snake. “We can definitely learn something from ...

By blending biology with advanced engineering, the new wing represents a shift toward softer, smarter machines that cooperate ...

The ME Course Column is a recurring publication about the unique classes and labs that mechanical engineers can take while at the University of Colorado Boulder. Follow the series to understand the ...

Scientists have created a four-legged bio-inspired robot that climbs like no other. It clings to rough vertical surfaces utilizing a unique mechanism that is highly effective, yet at the same time ...

A new bio-inspired robot, which employs that same strategy, could one day be used in underground exploration or even search-and-rescue missions. An earthworm's body is made up of individual ...

Eric Markvicka (left), assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, holds a tray of liquid metal samples while graduate student Ethan Krings works on a sample at right. Markvicka has ...

Researchers at the Technical University of Darmstadt and the Helmholtz Center Dresden-Rossendorf have developed flexible ...