kinematics

What are manipulator robots? Understanding their Design, Types, and Applications

Ever wondered how robotic arms achieve precise movement in manufacturing, healthcare, or logistics? It’s all about smart design — from sturdy components and kinematics to advanced control systems. Discover how these elements work together to deliver accuracy, flexibility, and real-world efficiency.

BirdBot, a 3D-printed bipedal robot, offers major efficiency gains through avian biomimicry

Created by the Dynamic Locomotion Group at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS), BirdBot serves two purposes: Demonstrating a more efficient bipedal robot design, and furthering our understanding of how birds' legs work.

Design inspiration from woodpeckers could allow robotic arms to be bendable and extendable

The robot arm, which is inspired by a woodpecker's tongue, can be extended many times its length, bent into an S-shape, and stored in a small space, like Doctor Octopus from the Spider-Man series.

Replicating Real-Life Blood Vessels to Cure Vascular Disease

A new platform mimics various blood vessel structures, enabling more accurate models of vascular disease and patient-specific research.

Podcast: Organ-on-a-chip: Our Best Shot At Beating Cancer?

In this episode, we explore how organ-on-a-chip technology is advancing our understanding of cancer behavior.

How 3D printing propels microfluidics at IMSEAM at the University of Heidelberg

The Microfluidics Core Facility at Heidelberg University successfully uses the 3D printing technology of projection micro-stereolithography (PµSL) from BMF. Sophisticated research projects are supported with microparts such as microwells, various microfluidic devices and “organs-on-a-chip”.

Podcast: Is Your Drinking Water Safe? This Sensor Has The Answer

In this episode, discuss how big of a problem lead contaminated water still is across the world and how a collaboration between MIT & Nanyang University plans to tackle it with a highly accurate and inexpensive water pollution sensor.