Shapeshifting, Insect-Inspired Robots May One Day Crawl Over Airplanes, Through Pipes
University of Colorado BoulderKaushik Jayaram, assistant professor at CU Boulder, recently received a $650,000 grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation and a $1.4 million grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory to design small, shape-shifting robots. His previous designs include mCLARI, a four-legged robot that fits on a quarter and weighs less than half a penny.