The CREATE Lab has published another high-impact paper on #bioinspired robotic hand morphologies that offer unparalleled versatility & fine motor skills.

For the study, the team fabricated 3 hands -- human, mirrored human (with 2 thumbs), and aye-aye -- and showed how each can perform various tasks with precision and power, while demonstrating unique emergent behaviors from handwriting to lifting weights!

Read the article, now on the cover of Science Robotics! 🔗 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.ads6437

What would you love to know about flying #robots inspired by nature? 🤖

Later this season, I'll be chatting to Jane Pauline Ramos Ramirez from Delft University of Technology about drones that can move on land and in the air.

Send me your questions for Jane in the comments below or on the Robot Talk website: robottalk.org/ask-a-question/

#Robotics #Drone #Bioinspired

The @EPFL CREATE Lab and researchers at Delft University of Technology have used motion-capture data from real dogs to develop a #bioinspired quadruped robot that can walk, sit, and stand under its own power...and when placed on a treadmill, it can run entirely passively while avoiding obstacles. Read the paper, out now in Nature Machine Intelligence! 🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/s42256-025-00988-x 📷 © Alain Herzog

#ICYMI: Last month, I chatted to Dr. Robert Siddall from the University of Surrey about bioinspired #robot movement.

Catch up here 🎧 - https://www.robottalk.org/2025/01/31/episode-107-robert-siddall/ or wherever you get your podcasts!

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What can we learn from animals to help us make robots more robust? 🤖 🦎

In the latest episode, I chatted to Dr. Robert Siddall from the University of Surrey about bioinspired #robot movement.

Available wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/robottalkpod

#Robots #Robotics #BioInspired #Biology

Here's a photo of a seed-planting robot inspired by pangolins, which Rob built based on the winning design of the 2023 Natural Robotics Contest.

Find out more by listening to Episode 107 of Robot Talk - available on all major podcast providers: https://linktr.ee/robottalkpod

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Robert Siddall is a Lecturer in Robotics at the University of Surrey, focussing on the design of novel robots that can tackle important environmental problems. He is interested in understanding animal locomotion to improve robot locomotion, particularly flight.

Listen to our chat here: https://www.robottalk.org/2025/01/31/episode-107-robert-siddall/

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📢 New Episode Alert!

This week, I chatted to Dr. Robert Siddall from the University of Surrey about novel #robot designs inspired by the way real animals move. 🤖 🦎

Listen now: https://www.robottalk.org/2025/01/31/episode-107-robert-siddall/ #Robotics #BioInspired #Biology

Researchers at Cornell University have developed worm and jellyfish robots powered by a hydraulic fluid system that delivers energy like blood does, allowing them to operate longer and have greater freedom of movement. 🤖 https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/robot-blood-powers-jellyfish-worm #Robots #Robotics #Bioinspired

Researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China have developed a 3D-printed robotic octopus arm, which can lift 260 times its own weight. 🤖 🐙 https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/octopus-inspired-robotic-arm-lifts-weight #Robots #Robotics #Bioinspired

Why Are Scientists Making Robot Insects? From robots the size of bees to ones that can jump on water, Veritasium explores the amazing progress behind made on insect-inspired robotics! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6q6pYZ9Fho #Robots #Robotics #Bioinspired

#ICYMI: Last month, I chatted to Dr. Isabella Fiorello from the University of Freiburg about plant-inspired robots.

Catch up here 🎧 - https://www.robottalk.org/2024/12/13/episode-102-isabella-fiorello/ or wherever you get your podcasts!

#Robots #Robotics #BioInspired #Biology

What can we learn from plants to design better robots? 🤖 🌱

In the latest episode, I chatted to Dr. Isabella Fiorello from the University of Freiburg about plant-inspired robots.

Available wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/robottalkpod

#Robots #Robotics #BioInspired #Biology

Cool! Inspired by a chameleon’s tongue, the FlexShapeGripper can pick up and handle objects in a variety of different shapes and sizes. 🤖 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7l-87r4oOY #Robots #Robotics #Engineering #Bioinspired

DNA computing:
#dna #computing #bioinspired #research #science
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https://scitechdaily.com/beyond-silicon-how-dna-is-powering-next-gen-computers/

Here's a photo of a miniature biohybrid robot called HybriBot that Isabella has developed. The robot, which mimics wild oat fruits, can autonomously move on and into complex unstructured soil surfaces in response to humidity.

Find out more by listening to Episode 102 of Robot Talk - available on all major podcast providers: https://linktr.ee/robottalkpod

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Isabella Fiorello leads the Bioinspired Plant-hybrid Materials group at the University of Freiburg. Her research focusses on the development of biologically-inspired living materials able to precisely interact with complex unstructured surfaces for applications in precision agriculture, smart fabrics, space, and soft #robotics.

Listen to our chat here: https://www.robottalk.org/2024/12/13/episode-102-isabella-fiorello/

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📢 New Episode Alert!

This week, I chatted to Dr. Isabella Fiorello from the University of Freiburg about plant-inspired #robots made from living materials. 🤖 🌱

Listen now: https://www.robottalk.org/2024/12/13/episode-102-isabella-fiorello/ #Robotics #BioInspired #Biology

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Experimental Studies of Bioinspired #Shark Denticles for Drag Reduction
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https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icae086

"Continued work on #bioinspired #denticles for drag reduction has wider implications in comparative
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Got questions about bioinspired #robot movement? 🤖

Later this season, I'll be chatting to Dr. Robert Siddall from the University of Surrey about novel robot designs inspired by geckos, birds, squirrels and more.

Send me your questions for Rob in the comments below or on the Robot Talk website: http://robottalk.org/ask-a-question/ #Bioinspired #Robotics