European researchers in the I-SWARM project are hard at work developing small, autonomous robots that can work together and communicate to perform different functions. They successfully built two ...

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Copying ants could improve grip of robots, research suggests - A prototype ‘hairy gripper’ based on the mouths of ants has ...

In tests with 30 different household objects, the addition of 'hairs' increased the prototype gripper's grasp success rate ...

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh in the UK have built a prototype “hairy robotic gripper” that is inspired by the hairs found on ant jaws. Ants are not only excellent nest builders but are ...

The Army Ants qualified for the FIRST Championship after winning the Impact Award at a regional competition in Minneapolis on ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Ant Group, the Alibaba-linked fintech giant, is venturing into the humanoid robot industry, joining a growing list of major Chinese tech companies exploring this emerging field.