| | | | | | | | CU Boulder engineer Kaushik Jayaram develops Air Force–funded shapeshifting, squishy microbots that mimic insects to inspect aircraft and pipelines. |
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SNEAK PEEK
"If you want to be really fast, you can choose to be long and skinny. If you want to be stable, then you can be wide. We need robots to be smart and shapeshift." — Kaushik Jayaram, assistant professor, University of Colorado Boulder
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| | | | | | The Model A electric flying car is testing at airports, bringing vertical takeoff, forward flight, and road-ready driving closer to making the Jetsons-style future a reality. |
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| | | | | | From a drink-pouring humanoid to a stair-climbing vacuum lift to a robotic cat, these robots show how odd—and fascinating—automation can get. |
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| | | | | | University of Bristol researchers built octopus-inspired soft robots that grip, sense, and adapt with suction intelligence—not processors. |
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| | | | | | In this video, engineer Xyla Foxlin ambitiously builds a fully 3D-printed carbon fiber rocket in an attempt to break the sound barrier. |
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