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$7K modular robot adapts for Mars, labs, and beyond

One robot replacing a whole fleet of specialized machines? LimX Dynamics’ Tron 2 makes that science fiction dream a nearer ...
South Korean engineers are stress testing a new kind of lunar robot that is designed to survive the Moon’s most hostile ...
Reconfigurable mobile robots are emerging as a transformative solution in the fields of cleaning and path planning. By dynamically altering their morphology, these platforms are able to adapt to ...
The IMCAS test team for the reconfigurable flexible on-orbit manufacturing platform. Credit: IMCAS HELSINKI — A Chinese institute recently completed ground tests on what it describes as a ...
The reconfigurable wheel can survive a four-meter drop and withstand harsh space conditions, making it ideal for future rover ...
Engineers have worked out how to give robots complex instructions without electricity, which could free up more space in the robotic 'brain' for them to 'think'. Mimicking how some parts of the human ...
These configurable bots could launch flat and then be assembled in space. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A newly designed ...
Inspired by the paper-folding art of origami, North Carolina State University engineers have discovered a way to make a single plastic cubed structure transform into more than 1,000 configurations ...
What just happened? Engineers at North Carolina State University have created cube-shaped plastic robots that can morph into over a thousand different configurations using just three tiny motors. This ...
Engineers have worked out how to give robots complex instructions without electricity for the first time which could free up more space in the robotic ‘brain’ for them to ‘think’. Mimicking how some ...