1+ week, 5+ day ago   (425+ words) Nanobots might sound like something from fiction, cartoons or movies. Like in the movie Big Hero 6, the character Hiro creates tiny robots called microbots that can connect together and form structures and ideas which backfires at some point for him....

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (319+ words) Inspired by rodent navigation systems, the researchers developed an artificial multichannel whisker system designed as a sensing modality for existing endoscopic instruments. The biomimetic system uses strain-gauge sensors with 0.16 millimeter acupuncture needles serving as whisker shafts. This diameter balances flexibility…...