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Robotic rover uses tail to land like a lizard

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Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2012/01/robotic-rover-uses-tail-to-land-like-a-lizard.html...

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Leaping lizards! Jurassic Park got it right

Leaping lizards! Jurassic Park got it right | Science News | Scoop.it

High-speed video footage of leaping lizards supports a 40-year-old hypothesis1 about how theropod dinosaurs, such as the velociraptors of Jurassic Park fame, used their tails to stay stable while bounding around. The finding could be used to inform the design of more agile search-and-rescue robots.

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MRI Powered Pill-Sized Robot Uses Tail To Swim Through Your Intestines

MRI Powered Pill-Sized Robot Uses Tail To Swim Through Your Intestines | Science News | Scoop.it

Researchers from Tel Aviv University in Israel and Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston have collaborated to create a robot that will be able to swim through the intestines. The size of a large pill, the “microswimmer” is powered by the strong magnetic fields generated by an MRI machine.

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