Multiple reports on Shahinpoor innovation
Several news reports, including one on the British Web site “Wired,” and one in Popular Science describe a new robot developed by UMaine Prof. Mohsen Shahinpoor and collaborators. The robot, built with metallic jaws and sensors, can catch insects. Shahinpoor points out that the material used in the robot could eventually be used in the development of artificial muscles. The innovation is reported in an article in Bioinspiration and Biometrics.