Micro-robot inspired by nature scales the walls
Its name is HAMR-E and was designed by researchers at the Wyss Institute of Engineering at Harvard and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences John A. Paulson
In order to facilitate complicated tasks that may take too long, researchers from the Wyss Institute of Engineering at Harvard and from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences John A. Paulson (SEAS) created the micro-robot called HAMR-E (Harvard Ambulatory Micro-Robot with Electroadhesion).
It is a device inspired by the nature of just a gram and a half that incorporates electroadhesive pads at the end of the “legs” and that allow it to climb walls and ceilings.
Sebastián de Rivaz, a former researcher at the Wyss Institute and SEAS, points out: “Now that these robots can explore in three dimensions instead of just moving back and forth, there is a whole new world in which they can move around and get involved in other tasks.”
The scientist indicates that they could also be used in non-invasive surveillance tasks in areas of impossible access for humans and other machines of greater volume.
Nanotechnology has allowed multiple tasks in areas such as aeronautics, medicine, national security and disaster control. The small HAMR-E device can scale surfaces of all kinds and rotate in three dimensions while moving. The creators foresee incorporating sensors in the legs in addition to converting it into a source of payload.
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Source: ABC
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