Meet WORMS: The Mix-and-Match Lunar Robot Set to Revolutionize Moon Exploration
Imagine a lunar robot that is as versatile as it is quirky. Introducing WORMS, the Walking Oligomeric Robotic Mobility System, a mix-and-match robotic system designed by MIT engineers. This innovative lunar robot aims to support the construction and maintenance of permanent Moon colonies, while also saving time, space,...
The Science Museum is challenging misconceptions of what engineers do
This June, London's Science Museum will be expanding its reach by opening a brand new Engineers Gallery. The new gallery will be dedicated to some of the world’s most innovative technological achievements and their masterminds, this gallery seeks to obliterate common misconceptions about engineers with inspiring narratives from...
What killer robots mean for the future of war
You might have heard of killer robots, slaughterbots or terminators – officially called lethal autonomous weapons (LAWs) – from films and books. And the idea of super-intelligent weapons running rampant is still science fiction. But as AI weapons become increasingly sophisticated, public concern is growing over fears about...
Ready, Set, Race: Join the Indy Autonomous Challenge and Experience the Excitement of High-Speed Automation!
This weekend will see the Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) returns to CES - a competition that represents a giant leap in the world of automation and high-speed racing. The IAC will take place at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday, January 7th, with a focus on breaking...
Could Artemis be the last mission for NASAs astronauts?
Neil Armstrong took his historic “one small step” on the Moon in 1969. And just three years later, the last Apollo astronauts left our celestial neighbour. Since then, hundreds of astronauts have been launched into space but mainly to the Earth-orbiting International Space Station. None has, in fact,...
Nasa considers sending swimming robots to habitable ‘ocean worlds’ of the Solar System
Nasa has recently announced US$600,000 (£495,000) in funding for a study into the feasibility of sending swarms of miniature swimming robots (known as independent micro-swimmers) to explore oceans beneath the icy shells of our Solar System’s many “ocean worlds”. But don’t imagine metal humanoids swimming frog-like underwater. They...