PercHug UAV: It Intentionally Crash Into The Tree So It Could Hug It
I am beginning to think the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology has an obsession with biomimicry—in particular, how it lands. First, they created an ornithopter […]
Watch Ornithopter Bot-Bird Made Successful Perches
I think biomimicry for a bird is clearly more challenging than, say, land or water-based animals. Why? Because in addition to making it fly like […]
Swiss-Mile Robot Can Roll On Wheels, Walks On Four Or Walks On Two If Required
It’s a car. It’s a quadruped. It’s a humanoid. No, it’s a Swiss-Mile Robot! Swiss-Mile here are two things: It’s a spinoff of ETH Zurich, […]
Raptor-inspired Drone With Morphing Wing And Tail: Is “Feathered” Drone The Future?
Nearly everyone one knows how to build a drone, but only a handful decided that they should do it differently and actually innovates. CycloTech, ADIFO, […]
This Futuristic Electric Motorcycle Makes An Astonishing 250-Mile-Range
Electric car can hardly make the ideal mileage even with the space it has to pack more batteries. Having said that, an electric motorcycle’s performance […]
NCCR Robotics Demoed Aerial And Land Robots For Rescue Missions
Disaster is an inevitable part of life. While we can’t stop it from striking, we can, however, be prepared so that when it does strike, […]
EPFL’s Tiny Robotic Fish Is Effectively A Spy Fish That Spies On, Well, Zebrafish
When it comes to biomimicry, EPFL, or Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, is no stranger, but the Zebrafish robot you see here took the institute’s […]
Salamander-like Robot Moves And Wades Thru Water Like The Real Thing
When we think robots, we think of two things: conflicts and how they can replace manual work, but not in the case of Pleurobot, a […]
Thanks to Scalevo, Stairs Will Cease To Be An Obstacle to Wheelchairs
The term “wheelchair-friendly” may well be a thing of the past – thanks to a group of 10 Swiss mechanical and electrical engineering students from […]
Foldable Micro Size Drone Uses Origami Technique, Unfolds in a Snap
The now-popular configuration of drone, i.e. quad or multi rotor setup, makes them difficult to stowaway. Even the smallest of drones can’t fit into your […]