From water-skipping robots to elephant-skin inspired cooling materials, engineers have continued to find inspiration in nature in order to move technology forward for humans. While biomimicry has been ...

When people ask “will robots will take my job,” they often picture automation replacing human workers. But the real question isn’t whether robots will take jobs—it’s how they will change the way work ...

When it comes to innovation, nature often gets there first. For millions of years, plants and animals have been adapting, optimizing, and surviving through elegant solutions to life’s toughest ...

Biomimicry, the practice of learning from and mimicking nature to solve human design challenges, became a recognized science in the late 20th century, but studying and imitating the natural world has ...

Leaf-inspired aquabot with programmable propulsion and sensing. A bio-inspired S-aquabot integrates flexible hybrid electronics, vein-like fuel channels, and a programmable Marangoni motor. The design ...

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