Crawling robot built from sea slug parts and a 3D printed body
Monday, July 18, 2016 - 10:11
in Biology & Nature
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have combined tissues from a sea slug with flexible 3-D printed components to build “biohybrid” robots that crawl like sea turtles on the beach. A muscle from the slug’s mouth provides the movement, which is currently controlled by an external electrical field. However, future iterations of the device will […]