This isn't the first time scientists have looked to the mantis shrimp as an inspiration for robotics. In 2021, we reported on ...

Robot vacuums are getting smarter and smarter ... When requested, this hatch majestically opens and from it emerges a mechanical arm with a pincer on the end. The bot then scouts about for ...

Octopus-inspired robotic arm with a 95% task success rate is part of a game-changing, new class of 3D-printed soft robots ...

This simplifies the installation as one terminal located on the robot or near its base controls both vacuum and mechanical ... arm-tooling gripping applications. Knight worked as a machine design ...

At CES 2025, Roborock had spectators doing double and triple takes when it unveiled a new flagship robot vacuum with a mechanical arm that removes obstacles. While the company got the most ...

Roborock Saros Z70 unveiled at CES 2025 First commercial robovac to have a retractible mechanical arm Due to go on sale in the first half of 2025 Robot vacuums are getting smarter and smarter ...

Best Robot Vacuums of 2025: See at Cnet In a Las Vegas hotel room at CES, and even before that in a small press demo in New York, we watched the Roborock Saros Z70 size up sock after sock, pinching ...

HEFEI -- Inspired by the agility of elephant trunks and octopus tentacles, a team of scientists from a Chinese university has developed a highly dexterous spiral soft robot's arm comparable to the ...

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