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UVA engineers develop a way for robots to walk on water
Picture a robot controlled by micromotors so small and light that it suspends itself over water like a bug. With engineers at the University of Virginia, that’s now an achievable reality. With their ...
University of Virginia researcher Baoxing Xu’s research group introduces HydroSpread, an innovative fabrication method that ...
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Scientists build insect-inspired robots that float, paddle, and stride on water surfaces
For now, HydroFlexor and HydroBuckler are only lab-scale prototypes. But their insect -like movements hint at a future where fleets of miniature robots could glide across water, performing tasks once ...
They linger in our water, our blood, and the environment—"forever chemicals" that are notoriously difficult to detect.
Abstract: A proof-of-principle experiment demonstrated the feasibility of a water flow detection optical sensor using a flat-top beam-assisted image signal processing. We evaluated whether the ...
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