Researchers at Case Western Reserve University are developing a new self-propelled robotic sleeve inspired by the earthworm. Earthworms move by contracting body segments in a wave-like motion, which ...

Robots that dig underground are getting lots of development attention thanks to DARPA, the Pentagon's research funding arm. The latest example? An earthworm from GE. The GE robot is part of DARPA's ...

General Electric Company’s technological development division GE Research is creating and refining a soft and smart tunnel-digging robot—inspired by the makeup and movements of earthworms—that could ...

NISKAYUNA — Scientists at GE Research in Niskayuna have completed a $2.5 million test of a Department of Defense robot that digs underground tunnels using a so-called soft robotic design that can more ...

Dean chats with Dr. Riddhi Das, a soft robotics researcher developing earthworm-inspired robots for planetary exploration. They discuss how these wriggly-yet-rigid innovations, with autonomous drive ...

Earthworm-inspired robot moves by doing the wave By Ben Coxworth March 01, 2023 The robot uses five peristaltic soft actuators to copy the function of an earthworm's body segments Istituto Italiano di ...

Currently, my laboratory is replicating creatures such as earthworms, water striders, snails, and wharf roaches in order to develop robots which are capable of performing in extreme environments of ...

NISKAYUNA — A team at GE Research has been awarded a $2.5 million grant to develop an earthworm-like robot used for excavating the ground, the company announced this week. The 15-month grant was ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. General Electric Company’s technological development division GE Research is creating and refining a soft and smart tunnel-digging robot ...