The robot is inspired by a spider’s design while also taking some inspiration from geckos. The Magnecko uses electro-permanent magnet modules on its four feet, allowing it to walk easily on ...

This causes the dead spider to act like a robot gripper, ... “The spiders themselves are biodegradable,” said Daniel Preston, assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rice University.

If you think dead spider robots are something straight out of a horror movie (or your worst nightmares), I have some news for you.. Mechanical engineers from Rice University have actually turned ...

According to a paper shared on the arXiv, mCLARI isn’t the first creepy crawly robot to come from CU Boulder’s mechanical engineering labs. Its predecessor, CLARI, was 34 millimeters long and ...