As such, the robot’s body is encased in a kirigami skin, which is a patterned, flexible material that produces asymmetric friction that functions like an earthworm’s setae, enabling the robot to apply ...

Alongside a paper published in the journal Cyborg and Bionic Systems, the team also released footage of the robot in action.

The journey into this microscopic world begins with the toe pads themselves, which are covered with tiny hair-like structures called setae. Each seta is approximately 100 micrometers long and 5 ...

Larvae with small setae on the head capsule produce male weevils, while larvae without these setae produce females. When the feeds in the plastic boxes were packed up to 50% of the volume, the weevil ...

With a microscope, these setae look like harpoons, and they’re filled with cocktails of venom proteins that are to scientists like Walker what light is to moths. The whiskers shed onto and into ...

The images highlight the dark integument with contrasting patterns of black and white setae. Credits: Lopez et al (2024), from iNaturalist. When an object reflects less than 0.5% of incoming light ...

The setae on the feet of geckos are also self-cleaning and usually remove any clogging dirt within a few steps. Scientists say Gecko adhesion is typically improved by higher humidity even on ...

Paul Clark of the department of zoology at the Natural Histroy Museum said the characteristic strands, known as setae, that cover the crustacean's pincers are similar to those found on Chinese mitten ...

1A-C). Chaetotaxy. Two incurved ori, two reclinate ors, all equally developed. Ocellar and postocellar setae subequal to fronto-orbitals. One row of long and reclinate orbital setulae. Eye with short ...

They can sense electric fields around them with small bristles called setae on its body — a feat called electroreception. British researchers have discovered this in laboratory experiments and ...

They're black with red spiracles and inter-segmental areas and are covered with shiny black, bristly setae, which are stiff structures resembling hairs or bristles. Tiger moth larvae lack ...