In 2024, MAB Robotics unveiled the Honey Badger, a quadruped robot demonstrated in footage to operate effectively underwater and on land. Its amphibious nature makes it versatile for applications like ...

For example, water-repellent surfaces have been developed by mimicking the microstructures of lotus leaves, while shark skin-inspired textures are replicated to reduce drag on ships. A recent paradigm ...

Yet, Associate Professor Pablo Valdivia y Alvarado from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD ... are used ...

We use bio-inspired design or biomimicry, fabrication and prototyping with sustainable materials, and systems- or supply chain mapping of product/process/services to spur creativity, holistic thinking ...

An edible robot designed by Swiss researchers is taking cues from nature, offering remote sensing with fewer environmental ...

In this undergraduate/graduate level course, students will understand interesting properties of natural surfaces (e.g., lotus leaves) and the state-of-the-art bio-inspired research on functional ...

Additionally, students will prepare a presentation for a technical conference that demonstrates the robots' performance in solving complex problems collectively, reflecting an understanding of ...

The team lead by Prof. Zhou Yang from the Southeast University has developed a bio-inspired thermoelectric cement with remarkable Seebeck coefficient via employing interfacial selective ...