Along with the ability to automatically adjust to the surface they’re traversing, the legs move faster and jump higher than their more standardized electric counterparts.

Researchers from Cornell University in New York have taught a mushroom to pilot an adorable starfish-shaped robot by harnessing the fungi's natural electrical signals.

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Researchers Indrek Must and Kadri-Ann Valdur of the Institute of Technology of the University of Tartu have created a robot leg modelled after the leg of a cucumber spider. A soft robot created in ...

Discover how a new air-powered robot uses physics to move efficiently without complex electronics, offering potential for various innovative applications.

Spider senses So, how can engineers build robots that, like animals, are more than just the sum of their parts? Animals, Jayaram noted, aren’t split into separate subsystems in the same way as robots.