Researchers developed ultrasensitive, human-like robotic ‘finger’ capable of safely performing routine physical examinations like a medical doctor, for example, to take your pulse, feel around for abnormal lumps under the skin, and insert into dark, warm places for diagnostic purposes.

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World’s smallest biomedical robot could pave way for minimally invasive surgeries | At just 0.95 millimeters, it’s 60 percent smaller than any existing model.

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New robotics fish fin can propel bots through the water at 1.66 body lengths per second, easily turn, mimicking fish movement 🐟🤖💦

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Robots powered by popular AI models risk encouraging discrimination and violence 🤖⚠️. Research found every tested model was prone to discrimination, failed critical safety checks 🚫 and approved at least one command that could result in serious harm ⚔️.

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🔬 Scientists are now building robots out of living cells, moving beyond imitation to creating "neurobots." These self-directed systems, complete with self-wiring neurons, are built from frog cells and demonstrate integrated neural activity linked to observable movement.

💧 Early versions called xenobots, developed since 2020, were made from frog tissues and could move, repair damage, and even self-replicate without scaffolding or genetic manipulation.

🧠 Neurobots represent a significant leap by incorporating neurons that form functional circuits, allowing for more dynamic and internally guided actions compared to their mechanical predecessors.

🌍 Future applications for these living machines, including those made from human cells (anthrobots), range from precision tissue repair and environmental cleanup to sophisticated environmental sensing in settings like aquaculture and wastewater monitoring.

#Bioengineering #Robotics #Innovation

🤖 Researchers at EPFL have developed "Kinematic Intelligence," a framework to make robot skill transfer as seamless as switching smartphones.

💡 This system addresses the issue of robot-learned skills being tied to specific hardware, enabling learned behaviors to transfer to new robot models.

🌍 Previously, retraining was required for robots with different designs (e.g., link length, joint orientation), but Kinematic Intelligence aims to adapt learned actions to new constraints and capabilities.

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🕷️ Northwestern University engineers developed an energy-efficient 3D camera, SpiderCam, inspired by jumping spiders. It estimates depth by comparing the blurriness of two images with different focus settings.

⚡️ SpiderCam consumes less than 1 watt of power (624 milliwatts), significantly less than a nightlight, enabling new battery-powered devices like wearables, assistive devices, robots, and drones.

🧠 The camera uses a custom algorithm on a low-power FPGA to convert blur differences into real-time depth measurements at 32.5 frames per second.

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🌿 A new study by researchers at Aix-Marseille University has uncovered how Venus flytraps (Dionaea muscipula) initiate their rapid trap closures. They discovered the plant's cell walls lining the outer epidermis quickly soften, releasing stored energy.

🔬 Published on Thursday in Science, the findings suggest this rapid softening is the primary mechanism for the trap's initial closing motion, not water movement. This "fastest modulation of wall mechanics reported in plants" could inspire advancements in soft robotics.

🤔 The research team, led by Jeongeun Ryu, examined two previous hypotheses: water movement and cell wall relaxation. Their experiments showed water moved too slowly for the initial closure, supporting the cell wall softening theory.

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* 🥚 Princeton Engineering researchers have developed a new method for creating adjustable shells that can snap into multiple stable shapes, inspired by the geometry of ketchup bottle caps.

* 🤖 This discovery led to a magnetically controlled robot that can roll, crawl, and change shape without motors, by leveraging geometry to encode multiple stable configurations into its structure.

* 💡 The team's work, published June 15, 2026, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, uses principles from curved-crease origami and found that structures can naturally form "pseudocreases," creating more stable states than initially predicted.

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🚀 EPFL engineers have created miniature robots and aerial vehicles powered by sound, utilizing acoustic cavities that convert sound waves into directional thrust without traditional motors or electronics.

🚤 Centimeter-scale boats were propelled and navigated using up to three sound-activated cavities tuned to different audible frequencies, demonstrating programmable autonomous movement.

🚁 Ultralight flying vehicles ('microfliers') weighing just 150 micrograms were built with microscopic cavities, some generating rocket-like upward thrust at ultrasonic frequencies, others enabling helicopter-like lift with spinning blades.

💡 This breakthrough, published in Science Advances, paves the way for sound-responsive robotics and further miniaturization, with potential for devices that change shape in response to sound.

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