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Combining soft artificial muscles with a rigid, magnetic exoskeleton to create building blocks for versatile robots
Scientists at the Max-Planck-Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) have developed hexagon-shaped robotic components, ...
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Hexagonal electrohydraulic modules shape-shift into versatile robots
Scientists at MPI-IS have developed electrically driven robotic components, called HEXEL modules, which can snap together into high-speed reconfigurable robots. Magnets embedded along the outside of ...
Desperate parents turn to magnetic therapy to help kids with autism: There's little evidence
Thomas VanCott compares his son Jake's experience with autism to life on a tightrope. Upset the delicate balance and Jake, 18 ...
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Hexagonal Electrohydraulic Modules for High-Speed Robots
Researchers at the Max-Planck-Institute for Intelligent Systems have created hexagon-shaped robotic modules that snap ...
Quantum tech breakthrough could enable precision sensing at room temperature
A breakthrough in quantum technology research could help realize a new generation of precise quantum sensors that can operate ...
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Researchers create reconfigurable robots with muscle-inspired HEXEL modules
Researchers develop HEXEL modules with magnetic connections and muscle-like contractions, enabling robots to roll, jump, and ...
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These hexagonal robots click together like LEGO
Engineers in Germany have developed hexagon-shaped components that can be snapped together like LEGO into robots with different capabilities.
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ERC Starting Grant to explore the intrinsic orbital dynamics of Kagome superconductors
Chunyu Guo, group leader in the Department for Microstructured Quantum Matter at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure ...