biomimetics
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Scientists Turned A Normal Jellyfish Into A Speedy Cyborg Jellyfish
Jellyfish are the most efficient swimmers in the ocean, albeit fairly slow ones. Researchers at Stanford University made a jellyfish swim three times faster by sticking a motor to it, creating a biohybrid robot with the jellyfish as the “scaffold.”
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The Next Generation Of Space Rovers Could Be Squishy Blobs With Bladders
“Soft”, “amorphous” and “bladder” aren’t words usually associated with robots. But NASA’s changing that with new plans to make space rovers physically softer, which could make them way better at exploring distant, rocky lands.