Rest assured, it is not the first or the last time you hear insects and mammals serve as a source of inspiration for the creatures robotic systems. Nevertheless, a recent MIT mechanical engineering course saw students craft bots that could handle "beaver-like tasks" such as "knocking down trees and gathering food in the form of street hockey balls" while fending off competitors in 45-second rounds. In addition, the EU funds SPARK company is looking for "development of a new architecture for mobile robot robot by the principles for the conduct of living creatures and based on the concept of self-organization." There is so much more material to your skin operating in the links below, just don't feed the mechs, okay?

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