Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Finding and disposing of mines lurking on the sea floor is dangerous and difficult work. The US Navy wants robotic crawlers ...

A crawling robot whose actuators passively synchronize moving forward and is able to sense the end of the terrain, preventing falling off and damage. The robot actuators, sensor, and safety switch are ...

A crawler robot made with the miura-ori origami pattern. The dark sections are affixed with thin "magnetic muscles" made by co-extruding rubber polymer and ferromagnetic particles, which move the ...

The US Navy wants a robotic crawler to take over the dangerous job of clearing naval mines, especially ones laid on the sea floor.MC1 Charles E. White/US Navy One of the nastiest threats in naval ...