Story by Lisa Bistreich-Wolfe | Army Research Laboratory | 09.09.2021
Modeling the mechanics of the strongest punch in the animal kingdom, researchers with U.S. Army funding built a robot that mimics the movement of the mantis shrimp. These pugnacious crustaceans could pave the way for small, but mighty robotic devices for the military....
Story by Lisa Bistreich-Wolfe | Army Research Laboratory | 08.17.2021
Understanding the split-second decisions squirrels make as they jump from tree branch to tree branch will help scientists develop more agile robots. With funding from the U.S. Army, researchers at University of California, Berkeley studied how squirrels decide whether or not to take a leap and how they assess their biomechanical abilities to know whether they can land safely....
