Pill Bugs And Chitons Get Jobs As Tiny Grippers

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Pill Bugs And Chitons Get Jobs As Tiny Grippers

withersailor ( @withersailor@aussie.zone )

TechnologyEnglish • 1 year ago

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A research paper titled Biological Organisms as End Effectors explores the oddball approach of giving small animals jobs as grippers at the end of a robotic arm. Researchers show that pill bugs and…

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I know bugs are bugs but it seems Fucked making them part of a machine

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