Loading video...

Video Failed to Load

There was a problem loading this video. This could be due to a temporary network issue or the video might be unavailable.

A paper in Nature Communications presents a flexible robotic sheet that can grasp objects and move across surfaces. This advancement could improve autonomous systems in fields such as exploration, haptic displays, and smart healthcare.

Nature Portfolio

2,108,841 subscribers

15,016 views • 1 year ago •via X (Twitter)

Science & Technology

Anya Rossi• Live Now

Private livecam show

0 Comments

No comments available

Comments from the original post will appear here

Related Videos

A paper in Nature Communications describes a detachable robotic hand that can crawl and grab objects. The design enables tasks such as retrieving objects beyond normal reach and performing multi-object handling.

A paper in Nature Communications describes a detachable robotic hand that can crawl and grab objects. The design enables tasks such as retrieving objects beyond normal reach and performing multi-object handling.

Nature Portfolio

28,409 views • 6 months ago

A paper in Nature Communications presents a wearable diving suit that enables terrestrial cyborg cockroaches to maintain respiration and locomotion underwater for up to 3 hours.

A paper in Nature Communications presents a wearable diving suit that enables terrestrial cyborg cockroaches to maintain respiration and locomotion underwater for up to 3 hours.

Nature Portfolio

24,501 views • 28 days ago

A paper in Nature Electronics presents an acoustic-based smart textile technology, called SonoTextiles, which can sense touch and bending, with applications in distributed tactile sensing, hand gesture recognition and respiratory rate monitoring.

A paper in Nature Electronics presents an acoustic-based smart textile technology, called SonoTextiles, which can sense touch and bending, with applications in distributed tactile sensing, hand gesture recognition and respiratory rate monitoring.

Nature Portfolio

16,580 views • 1 year ago

This is evoBOT, a robot helper developed by Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics. It can grasp and carry goods to support cargo workers in transporting packages. evoBOT can also move smoothly across uneven terrain, including bumpy surfaces and sloping ground.

This is evoBOT, a robot helper developed by Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics. It can grasp and carry goods to support cargo workers in transporting packages. evoBOT can also move smoothly across uneven terrain, including bumpy surfaces and sloping ground.

Space and Technology

547,499 views • 2 months ago

Joscha Bach says eventually AI may self-improve to such an extent that it can virtualize itself on to every substrate in nature, including our own nervous systems and brains, and integrate us into a planetary-scale intelligence

Joscha Bach says eventually AI may self-improve to such an extent that it can virtualize itself on to every substrate in nature, including our own nervous systems and brains, and integrate us into a planetary-scale intelligence

Tsarathustra

45,043 views • 2 years ago

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have created a robotic hand, called Forte, that can delicately grasp fragile items like potato chips or raspberries, paving the way for more precise robots in healthcare and manufacturing.

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have created a robotic hand, called Forte, that can delicately grasp fragile items like potato chips or raspberries, paving the way for more precise robots in healthcare and manufacturing.

The Independent

12,895 views • 4 months ago

A paper in Nature Electronics presents a wearable microgrid powered solely by fingertip perspiration that can monitor metabolic biomarkers—including glucose, vitamin C, lactate and levodopa—over extended periods of time. 🔒

A paper in Nature Electronics presents a wearable microgrid powered solely by fingertip perspiration that can monitor metabolic biomarkers—including glucose, vitamin C, lactate and levodopa—over extended periods of time. 🔒

Nature Portfolio

15,165 views • 1 year ago

A paper in Nature Electronics presents a wearable microgrid powered solely by fingertip perspiration that can monitor metabolic biomarkers—including glucose, vitamin C, lactate and levodopa—over extended periods of time. 🔒

A paper in Nature Electronics presents a wearable microgrid powered solely by fingertip perspiration that can monitor metabolic biomarkers—including glucose, vitamin C, lactate and levodopa—over extended periods of time. 🔒

Nature Portfolio

17,683 views • 1 year ago

We're building a world of waste. The Bantar Gebang landfill outside of Jakarta alone stretches across 200 football fields. It's time to move beyond linear systems to ones that are truly circular in nature: #Useless #wasteless #buyless #gocircular

We're building a world of waste. The Bantar Gebang landfill outside of Jakarta alone stretches across 200 football fields. It's time to move beyond linear systems to ones that are truly circular in nature: #Useless #wasteless #buyless #gocircular

Mike Hudema

208,668 views • 3 years ago

This is NASA’s Astrobee, a cube-shaped robot that flies freely inside the ISS to help astronauts with daily tasks. It can move using built-in fans, navigate with vision sensors, and work either on its own or be controlled from Earth. Some versions have robotic arms that can detect and grab objects, and this tech could be used in the future to remove space debris or service satellites.

This is NASA’s Astrobee, a cube-shaped robot that flies freely inside the ISS to help astronauts with daily tasks. It can move using built-in fans, navigate with vision sensors, and work either on its own or be controlled from Earth. Some versions have robotic arms that can detect and grab objects, and this tech could be used in the future to remove space debris or service satellites.

Space and Technology

51,832 views • 3 months ago

South Korean researchers built a paper-thin robot that squeezes through 3mm gaps and lifts 70x (!) its weight. The flexible robotic "sheet" mimicks myosin, the protein that powers muscle contractions in your body. Inside the sheet are dozens of microscopic air chambers stacked in layers. When air flows through them in a specific sequence, tiny feet move like muscles pushing and returning. Each foot repeats a simple push-and-return motion, allowing the robot to travel long distances with small movements. In demos, it navigated through a pipe with just 3 millimeters of clearance while carrying a camera 23x heavier than itself. The team also attached it to a standard 2-finger gripper, instantly giving it the ability to rotate and reposition objects mid-air without moving the arm. One day this could be used in minimally invasive surgery, allowing robots to navigate through the body's smallest passages.

South Korean researchers built a paper-thin robot that squeezes through 3mm gaps and lifts 70x (!) its weight. The flexible robotic "sheet" mimicks myosin, the protein that powers muscle contractions in your body. Inside the sheet are dozens of microscopic air chambers stacked in layers. When air flows through them in a specific sequence, tiny feet move like muscles pushing and returning. Each foot repeats a simple push-and-return motion, allowing the robot to travel long distances with small movements. In demos, it navigated through a pipe with just 3 millimeters of clearance while carrying a camera 23x heavier than itself. The team also attached it to a standard 2-finger gripper, instantly giving it the ability to rotate and reposition objects mid-air without moving the arm. One day this could be used in minimally invasive surgery, allowing robots to navigate through the body's smallest passages.

Rowan Cheung

53,203 views • 4 months ago

Rep. Beth Van Duyne: "This is nothing that could have been avoided. There were warning systems that went out, but when this struck, it struck in such a short period of time in such drastic degrees ... this is part of mother nature."

Rep. Beth Van Duyne: "This is nothing that could have been avoided. There were warning systems that went out, but when this struck, it struck in such a short period of time in such drastic degrees ... this is part of mother nature."

Aaron Rupar

51,610 views • 1 year ago

A paper in Nature Medicine presents an intracortical brain–computer interface (BCI) that enables long-term, independent speech-based communication and computer use in an individual with severe paralysis.

A paper in Nature Medicine presents an intracortical brain–computer interface (BCI) that enables long-term, independent speech-based communication and computer use in an individual with severe paralysis.

Nature Portfolio

20,842 views • 1 month ago

Autonomy at first contact moves people out of the immediate line of danger and puts coordinated autonomous systems in front. Ondas delivers a unified systems of systems that brings together air defense assets, aerial intelligence platforms, ground robotic systems, and interceptor capabilities into one operational architecture. This matters because it allows autonomous assets to detect threats, make initial decisions, and execute first responses, while human operators stay in control of the mission and focus on complex judgment and escalation decisions. $ONDS

Autonomy at first contact moves people out of the immediate line of danger and puts coordinated autonomous systems in front. Ondas delivers a unified systems of systems that brings together air defense assets, aerial intelligence platforms, ground robotic systems, and interceptor capabilities into one operational architecture. This matters because it allows autonomous assets to detect threats, make initial decisions, and execute first responses, while human operators stay in control of the mission and focus on complex judgment and escalation decisions. $ONDS

Ondas Inc.

37,813 views • 1 month ago

A paper in Nature Communications presents a bio-inspired robot that has been used to illustrate the mechanism by which some species of fish are able to walk on land. This may provide insights into how the first terrestrial vertebrates moved onto land.

A paper in Nature Communications presents a bio-inspired robot that has been used to illustrate the mechanism by which some species of fish are able to walk on land. This may provide insights into how the first terrestrial vertebrates moved onto land.

Nature Portfolio

14,650 views • 2 months ago

Researchers at MIT created a tiny origami-inspired robot that starts as a flat sheet and transforms itself into a working machine when activated by heat. Made from a heat-responsive polymer combined with rigid panels and small embedded magnets, it can self-fold into shape and then move across surfaces, swim, climb slight slopes, and handle uneven terrain, all without traditional onboard motors.

Researchers at MIT created a tiny origami-inspired robot that starts as a flat sheet and transforms itself into a working machine when activated by heat. Made from a heat-responsive polymer combined with rigid panels and small embedded magnets, it can self-fold into shape and then move across surfaces, swim, climb slight slopes, and handle uneven terrain, all without traditional onboard motors.

Brian Roemmele

94,185 views • 4 months ago

Robots with tentacles! 🐙 SpiRobs are soft robots inspired by nature, designed in the shape of a logarithmic spiral. They mimic the flexible movements of octopus arms and elephant trunks to grasp objects. 🐘 SpiRobs use simple cables to move, making them easy to control and operate. They can scale from small to large sizes, ranging from centimeters to meters. The robots can adapt to different object shapes, improving their grasping ability. A mini version can act as a tiny gripper, while a large version can be mounted on drones. Interestingly, multiple robots can work together to wrap around and hold large objects. That's just out of this world! 😮‍💨 ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

Robots with tentacles! 🐙 SpiRobs are soft robots inspired by nature, designed in the shape of a logarithmic spiral. They mimic the flexible movements of octopus arms and elephant trunks to grasp objects. 🐘 SpiRobs use simple cables to move, making them easy to control and operate. They can scale from small to large sizes, ranging from centimeters to meters. The robots can adapt to different object shapes, improving their grasping ability. A mini version can act as a tiny gripper, while a large version can be mounted on drones. Interestingly, multiple robots can work together to wrap around and hold large objects. That's just out of this world! 😮‍💨 ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

Lukas Ziegler

121,345 views • 7 months ago

Allonic Robotics has introduced a new robotic hand built without screws, cables, or complex joints. It uses braided fibers to create both tendons and structure in a single automated step, making it strong, flexible, and smooth in motion. This approach could simplify manufacturing and speed up the production of robotic hands.

Allonic Robotics has introduced a new robotic hand built without screws, cables, or complex joints. It uses braided fibers to create both tendons and structure in a single automated step, making it strong, flexible, and smooth in motion. This approach could simplify manufacturing and speed up the production of robotic hands.

Space and Technology

292,326 views • 3 months ago