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Intelligent Systems and Robotics
Nature-inspired materials that move and change color on demand
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Artificial Retina Uses Biological Liquid Medium for Direct-to-Display ‘Vision’
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Your meal as an energy source: harvesting heat to power smart ingestible devices
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Working close to robots could be safer with cutting-edge Kirigami e-skin
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A fish-inspired fuel cell concept could provide a cost-effective alternative to batteries in underwater vehicles.
Tiny robots take 3D scans from inside the gut to diagnose cancer
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Calculating the true environmental costs of AI
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