Students in a cross-disciplinary studio are finding inspiration in nature for conceptual, environmentally friendly design ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

In a breakthrough that blends ancient design with modern materials science, researchers @UHouston have developed a new class ...

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 ...