One recipient, Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, is building a self-propelled robotic sleeve that mimics earthworms’ characteristic peristaltic movement to advance through soil.

Interestingly, this robotic version could be used to install power lines underground efficiently. IEEE Spectrum reported that this worm-inspired robot utilizes a clever mechanism of alternating ...

They chomp and chew the soil like underground earthworms, and ‘tunnel down’ in snaky worm-patterns, with the class forming four ‘worm-lines’ across the room. Eventually they snooze as a ...

Emma Sherlock, Curator of Free-living Worms at the Museum, explains why we should love earthworms more. Find out what you could unearth in your garden and how to entice your new friends to the surface ...

An earthworm-inspired, self-propelled robotic sleeve designed for installing underground power lines has been developed by a ...