28-07-2022 08:10 via go.theregister.com

Scientists use dead spider as gripper for robot arm, label it a 'Necrobot'

Our ancestors made tools from bones … so why not freeze a spider instead of 3D printing parts? Videos  Scientists from Rice University in Texas have used a dead spider as an actuator at the end of a robot arm – a feat they claim has initiated the field of "necrobotics".…
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