Month: June 2018

Using nothing but 3D printing, scientists have developed a paddling submarine that requires no engine, propellant or power supply.
Swimming without an engine

Using steerable jets of water like rockets, this robot snake can fly into burning buildings to extinguish fires

Firefighting Robot Snake Flies on Jets of Water

An attacker could manipulate medical software to rig a clinical trial or justify unnecessary procedures

Medical Imaging AI Software Is Vulnerable to Covert Attacks

Engineers have created a novel actuating material that can be powered by visible light, electricity, and other stimuli, and which may replace traditional bulky motors and pneumatic actuators with ones similar to mammalian skeletal muscles in the future.
Future robots need no motors

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Video Friday: Skydio's Car Follow, Telexistence, and Tick-Killing Robot

Researchers have devised a magnetic control system to make tiny DNA-based robots move on demand — and much faster than recently possible.
Breakthrough in controlling DNA-based robots