Tag: Stephen Morin

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

  US scientists develop a translucent polymer robot inspired in the squid

  

  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.