The ranking places the project among a small group of research efforts worldwide examining how robotics could change ...

A team of engineers found a surprising shortcut to ultra-fine 3D printing: the female mosquito’s proboscis. By repurposing this naturally evolved microneedle as the final aperture on a printer, ...

Researchers in McGill's Department of Mechanical Engineering and at Drexel University have developed an innovative manufacturing technique that makes female mosquito proboscides, or feeding tubes, ...

Swiss scientists have done something truly unexpected: they’ve created robotic fingers using leftover crustacean shells. The result is a robotic claw that’s not only efficient but also eco-friendly ...

3D print of a maple leaf made with the mosquito proboscis micronozzle at various resolutions The authors declare that they have no competing interests. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

A team of scientists from the Computational Robot Design and Fabrication Lab (Create Lab) at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne has taken an alternative approach to robotic grippers, ...

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When the COVID-19 pandemic erupted, laboratories across the world, both in the East and West, began searching for a weapon to combat the disease. I decided to follow the developments in these ...

The project originated from research on how humans could share a bit of their life with a creature that has died without the chance of having a voice. I'm an advocate for the protection of insects, as ...