SPROUT, a vine-like rescue robot, consists of an inflatable airtight fabric tube that extends from a fixed base. Inflated with air and controlled by a motor, it navigates rubble by flexing around ...

The robot, dubbed Soft Pathfinding Robotic Observation Unit (SPROUT), is capable of growing and maneuvering around obstacles and through small spaces. Its developers suggest that SPROUT can be ...

When I pulled around to the window, a real, live human handed me my order, which to my delight and surprise, came out ...

A joint research team from MIT and Notre Dame created the Soft Pathfinding Robotic Observation Unit, or SPROUT.

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The late British tycoon Mike Lynch’s sunken superyacht Bayesian is set to be lifted from the bottom of the sea with operations starting by the end of the month, as authorities seek to gather new ...

A mechanism that looked like robot arms got closer until they reached ... gripping tight to the handles of the blue inflatable. I came out the other side wet, colder in the gusty spring weather ...

MIT's SPROUT robot navigates disaster zones with a flexible design, enhancing rescue operations by providing critical ...

Online spending by Walmart+ members has increased by 50% over the past year alone — and the company says it plans to use ...

More than 200 Year 10 pupils from local schools visited Brockenhurst College for British Science Week. They joined over 300 ...