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Robotic Venus Flytraps Will Trap Bugs and Eat Them For Fuel
It’s alarming enough when robots ingest plant detritus like twigs and grass clippings. It’s another thing entirely when they can...
Jun 29, 2010
Video: “Smart Sheets” Can Self-Assemble Into Airplanes, Boats
Scientists at MIT and Harvard have invented self-folding smart fiberglass sheets that can crease themselves into origami airplanes and boats....
Apr 08, 2010
MIT’s Tiny Mechanical Muscles Could Power Tomorrow’s Robotic Gizmos
The shape-memory alloy actuators might power minimally invasive surgical devices or tiny laptop cameras
