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Tufts University researchers are studying tobacco hornworm caterpillars for clues about how to build robots inspired by nature. (Essdras M Suarez/ Globe Staff) |
Studying caterpillars to design robots
Scientists scrutinize their locomotion with an eye toward making soft-bodied mechanical beings for sophisticated tasks in tough spots
MEDFORD — Inspiration for a new generation of soft-bodied robots that could burrow into inaccessible spots for everything from search-and-rescue to medical applications comes from a most unlikely place: the “moth closet’’ at Tufts University. (Full article: 893 words)
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