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Centipedes' undulating movements can sometimes improve robot mobility. Deposit PhotosResearchers at Osaka University designed a 'myriapod' bot that uses less energy and computational power than other walking machines. The post A robot inspired by centipedes has no trouble finding its footing appeared first on Popular Science....

Pondering movement over a wide range of terrains and through complex 3d worlds, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has come up with a snake-like robot called Eels – for Exobiology extant life surveyor. First prototyped in 2019 and now at Eels 1.0, it has 10 identical segments along its 4m body,...

Arch mobility could be the key to our species' successful bipedalism. Deposit PhotosA spring-like recoil in the arch helps the ankle lift the body from the ground. The post Evolution of human foot arches put the necessary pep in our upright steps appeared first on Popular Science....

Stoke Space has received multiple investments from In-Q-Tel, the strategic investor for the U.S. intelligence and defense community, TechCrunch has learned. Stoke Space and In-Q-Tel have not publicly announced their relationship before. While In-Q-Tel is legally a separate entity from any government agency, it receives all of its funding from...

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover captured this mosaic of an isolated hill nicknamed “Pinestand.” Scientists think sedimentary layers stacked on top of one another here could have been formed by a deep, fast-moving river. NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSSNASA’s ‘six-wheeled scientist’ is chugging along. The post Mars rover snaps pics of dusty craters that may...

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It’ll take a lot of work in order to grow rice on Mars. First, and most importantly, we need a mission to successfully get to Mars and set up camp, something NASA is hoping to do in the late 2030s or early 2040s. The distance to Mars from Earth is...

Most of the world is covered in oceans, which are unfortunately highly polluted. One of the strategies to combat the mounds of waste found in these very sensitive ecosystems – especially around coral reefs – is to employ robots to master the cleanup. However, existing underwater robots are mostly bulky...

In Brief: Kelvin waves, a potential precursor of El Niño conditions in the ocean, are rolling across the equatorial Pacific toward the coast of South America. The most recent sea level data from the U.S.-European satellite Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich indicates early signs of a developing El Niño across the equatorial...

NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryA self-propelled snake-like robot developed by researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) can map and navigate previously inaccessible terrain autonomously. The EELS (Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor) robot can choose a safe path through terrains ranging from steep craters to underground lava tubes, and can adapt to...

The 200-pound robot is designed to maneuver both across ice and underwater. NASA/JPL-CalTechEELS could one day wriggle its way into Enceladus' hidden oceans in search of extraterrestrial life. The post NASA hopes its snake robot can search for alien life on Saturn’s moon Enceladus appeared first on Popular Science....

Fomalhaut, a 440-million-year-old star, has a debris disk and two rings, akin to our asteroid and Kuiper belts. Adam BlockJWST's observations of the young star can help reveal how solar systems like ours formed. The post Asteroid belt circling star 25 light-years away hints at a hidden planet appeared first...