Although nature does not necessarily provide the optimal form, it still outperforms many artificial systems and offers valuable insights for designing functional machines based on elegant principles,” ...

More and more every year, people are turning to e-commerce to fulfill most of their shopping needs. A 2021 survey by NerdWallet revealed that two thirds of Americans had planned to do the majority of ...

Researchers in UC Santa Barbara’s newly designated Biological Engineering (BioE) Department have received a significant boost from the U.S. Army, which awarded the university a $9.85 million grant to ...

Porcospino Flex does not rely on multiple tracks or complex joints. Instead, it uses a single continuous track that wraps ...

They achieved this by embedding an elastomer inside the exoskeleton to control each of its segments and then mounting it on a ...

Instead of using metals or plastics, the team worked with food waste. CREATE Lab head Josie Hughes says merging natural structures with engineered systems opens new possibilities for robotics and ...

Biomedical, bio-inspired, and micro robotics focuses on robotic systems that are closely aligned with biological systems. This includes both robotic systems that are human body-mounted and augment ...

(Nanowerk News) First, they walked. Then, they saw the light. Now, miniature biological robots have gained a new trick: remote control. The hybrid “eBiobots” are the first to combine soft materials, ...

In a banner year that has included receiving five distinguished research awards, Wyatt Shields, assistant professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has been awarded one of the nation’s largest ...

The Robotics, Automation, and Manufacturing research cluster at Miami University’s College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) explores advanced technologies that integrate mechanical systems, ...