Earthworm Jim would be proud of his mechanical kin – the Meshworm robot that is the brainchild of scientists over at the MIT. Just take a look at the video above of the Meshworm in action, and tell me that you are not mesmerized with its life-like movement. The Meshworm robot is a collaboration between researchers at MIT, Harvard University and Seoul National University, resulting in this soft autonomous robot which is capable of making movement through peristalsis, helping it crawl across surfaces through the simple action of contracting segments of its body, in a manner that is inspired by the humble earthworm. The robot is mostly made out of soft materials, and has been touted to be extremely resilient. Heck, stepping on it is not going to damage the Meshworm, even if you were to bludgeon it with a hammer as it slowly but surely inches away unscathed to a safe space. (more…)
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When the word “Prometheus” is mentioned, what comes to your mind most of the time? Folks would more often than not hark back to the precursor of Alien which was released on the silver screen this year, but this Prometheus robot has a totally different objective – to dismantle bombs while helping prevent the unnecessary loss of human life in the process. Prometheus is controlled using electrical signals generated by muscle movement, and was specially designed to see action in Colombia where car bombs and landmines are said to be a constant threat. 
The SDUST Baby robot is the brainchild of the Shandong University of Science and Technology (SDUST), where the latter recently celebrated their 60th anniversary sometime late last year, ushering in the SDUST Baby robot at the same time then. This particular robot is not quite a baby in terms of its proportions, considering how it stands at approximately 170cm tall. It took four professors and eight students slightly less than half a year in order to build the SDUST Baby robot, where a LCD display is used as its “face” so that it can convey a sense of emotion to the masses, ranging from facial expressions like laughing to crying and pouting, among others. 
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