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Montevideo, November 5th 2024 - 12:47 UTC

Tag: Pentagon's Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

  • Saturday, August 18th 2012 - 05:28 UTC

    US scientists develop a translucent polymer robot inspired in the squid

    The ‘squidgy’ can crawl, camouflage and hide from infrared cameras (Photo: AFP)

    Scientists in the United States said they had devised a rubbery robot, inspired by the squid and octopus, which can crawl, camouflage itself and hide from infrared cameras. The Pentagon-backed gadget is the latest type of a so-called soft machine, meaning silicone-based robots that are made from squidgy, translucent polymers.