Our muscles are nature's actuators. The sinewy tissue is what generates the forces that make our bodies move. In recent years, engineers have used real muscle tissue to actuate "biohybrid robots" made ...

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In this just-published study, economist David Clingingsmith, professor at Case Western University and his colleagues argue ...

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Marta Bernardino and Sebastião Mendonça are developing an automaton capable of reforesting areas ravaged by wildfires.

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