Although nature does not necessarily provide the optimal form, it still outperforms many artificial systems and offers valuable insights for designing functional machines based on elegant principles,” ...

More and more every year, people are turning to e-commerce to fulfill most of their shopping needs. A 2021 survey by NerdWallet revealed that two thirds of Americans had planned to do the majority of ...

Researchers in UC Santa Barbara’s newly designated Biological Engineering (BioE) Department have received a significant boost from the U.S. Army, which awarded the university a $9.85 million grant to ...

Instead of using metals or plastics, the team worked with food waste. CREATE Lab head Josie Hughes says merging natural structures with engineered systems opens new possibilities for robotics and ...

Porcospino Flex does not rely on multiple tracks or complex joints. Instead, it uses a single continuous track that wraps ...

EPFL scientists have integrated discarded crustacean shells into robotic devices, leveraging the strength and flexibility of natural materials for robotic applications. Although many roboticists today ...

(Nanowerk News) First, they walked. Then, they saw the light. Now, miniature biological robots have gained a new trick: remote control. The hybrid “eBiobots” are the first to combine soft materials, ...

In a banner year that has included receiving five distinguished research awards, Wyatt Shields, assistant professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has been awarded one of the nation’s largest ...

Biohybrid robotics integrates living tissues with engineered materials to yield devices that blend the adaptability of biological systems with synthetic robustness. This convergence of biology and ...

Eric Markvicka (left), assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, holds a tray of liquid metal samples while graduate student Ethan Krings works on a sample at right. Markvicka has ...