Have you ever wondered how the chameleon launches its tongue towards unsuspecting prey? It is not a rolling mechanism like most people think! Or how plants launch their seeds? In the review: "Shooting Mechanisms in…

A few weeks ago I visited the Robosoft conference in Seoul! After enjoying a lot of wonderful talks and meeting researchers from over the world, I even came across a soft dendritic octopus-inspired finger…

We have developed a miniature (2 mm) multi-steerable tip that adds an additional 8 degrees of freedom to rigid surgical instruments, and thus allows for following complex shapes. For more information on this instrument, please go to: https://t.co/0j9p0WE9vf

As of today, many traditional open surgeries have been replaced by minimally invasive approaches. Whereas in the open surgery, the surgeon was able to perform the surgery with his/her…

At the BITE group of Delft University of Technology ( https://t.co/AP38YMLBDI), we have developed the first 3D-printed bipolar steerable grasper for use during electrosurgery. https://t.co/EwouGka9aP #Medical Device Design #Electrosurgery #3Dprinting #TUDelft #BITE