Researchers at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) have developed a biomimetic soft robot inspired by earthworms, utilizing a peristaltic movement for locomotion. The robot's design incorporates ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University are developing a new self-propelled robotic sleeve inspired by the earthworm.

An earthworm's body is made up of individual fluid-filled segments known as metameres, each one of which has a circular muscle running around it. There are also longitudinal muscles that run along the ...