One robot weighs 55 milligrams, while its parter is just 5 milligrams. Developed by a team of WSU researchers and recently presented at the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society’s International ...
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These Bugs Don’t Just Walk on Water—They Row and Skate Across It
When we think about creatures skimming across water, images of birds landing or frogs leaping come to mind. But some of ...
Water striders are fascinating to watch, as they scoot across the water while supported by surface tension. Scientists have now built a tiny robotic version of the insect, which utilizes a ...
For billions of years, nature has been the world’s master engineer. Natural evolution has created impressive, sometimes implausible creatures. Take, for instance, the water strider. This group of ...
Water striders are a common sight on ponds, vernal pools and puddles. During clear summer days, these insects seem to walk on water, a feat they accomplish through a combination of long legs that ...
Researchers have prototyped sensor-packed robot bugs that mimic biological digestive systems to meet energy needs, employ a Janus interface for a steady supply of nutrients and move on the water's ...
Two insect-like robots, a mini-bug and a water strider may be the smallest, lightest and fastest fully functional micro-robots ever known to be created. Such miniature robots could someday be used for ...
Media coverage can often be the push that helps research make a splash. Well, this week’s Newscripts is a little late to that particular party. Andrew Dickerson’s research into what happens to water ...
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Yes, this IS a photograph! How a double exposure turned a water strider into an award-worthy work of art
Anirudh Kamakeri's creative use of this sophisticated technique earned him Special Mention from the Nature in Focus awards ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Andrew Dickerson, University of Tennessee (THE CONVERSATION) Microplastics are tiny ...
Access to hitherto unexploited ecological opportunities is associated with phenotypic evolution and often results in significant lineage diversification. Yet our understanding of the mechanisms ...
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