New flexible, steerable device placed in live brains by minimally invasive robot
Imperial College London scientists have successfully placed a bioinspired steerable catheter into the brain of an animal for the first time.
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3D printing drones work like bees to build and repair structures while flying
Imperial College London and Empa researchers have created a fleet of bee-inspired flying 3D printers for building and repairing structures in-flight.
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New Health Secretary sees cutting-edge medical robotics research at Imperial
New Health Secretary Steve Barclay MP visited the College last week to meet researchers working on medical robotics and imaging at the Hamlyn Centre.
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Shape-shifting drone flies and dives to seek aquatic environmental clues
A new Imperial-developed 'dual robot’ drone can both fly through air and land on water to collect samples and monitor water quality.
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Engineers uncover secret ‘thinking’ behind dandelions’ seed dispersal
High on sunshine, humans often decide when dandelions get to spread their species - but the puffballs have their own ideas on how best to proliferate.
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GlobDesOpt: A Global Optimisation Framework for Optimal Robot Manipulator Design
Our Hamlyn researchers proposed a new global optimisation framework for optimal robot manipulator design, aiming to aid minimally invasive surgery.
Unique ‘virtual wind tunnel’ could help optimise Mars-bound helicopter blades
A simulator created by researchers at Imperial could help to design rotor blades for the next generation of Martian helicopters.
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Robots with realistic pain expressions can reduce examination error and bias
A new approach to producing realistic expressions of pain on robotic patients could help to reduce error and bias during physical examination.
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Bendy robotic arm twisted into shape with help of augmented reality
Imperial researchers have designed a malleable robotic arm that can be guided into shape by a person using augmented reality (AR) goggles.
Comet’s tail crossing and supply chain challenge: News from the College
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
