Self-assembly robots that walk away
A combination of origami and electronic engineering has led to the development of a robot that simply folds itself up and walks away. Using paper and polystyrene, researchers from Harvard School of...
View ArticleCheetah-bot’s successful test run
Cheetahs are the fasted land mammal on Earth, capable of going zero to 60 miles per hour in a matter of seconds, and researchers at MIT have developed an algorithm to mimic the feline’s bounding at a...
View ArticleWeather forecasting set to improve
A new £97m supercomputer could put an end to the complaints about weather forecasting accuracy. The computer – to be housed at the Met Office headquarters in Exeter and the Exeter Science Park – will...
View ArticleArtificial intelligence speeds up drug discovery
An artificially intelligent robot can automatically discover new drugs, improving the cost and speeding up the process. Engineers at the University of Manchester used a method of smart screening and...
View ArticleMathematicians solve a foamy problem
Two researchers from University of California Berkeley have now described mathematically the successive stages in the complex life of foamy bubbles – with implications as diverse as plastics and cell...
View ArticleRobotic frog improves boring mating call
A robotic frog has aided researchers to discover that manipulated mating calls can be very attractive to female túngara frogs. Micheal Ryan and Ryan Taylor conducted the research, published in Science,...
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