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Hailed as the future gold mine of the digital economy, the Internet of Things encompasses billions of connected objects whose data is managed on networks. How can we meet the connectivity needs of all these connected objects? How can we develop an ecosystem of applications and services that turns innovation into tangible benefits in our daily lives? That is up for debate.

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When will we see living robots? The challenges facing biohybrid robotics

● Biohybrid robotics aims to combine living tissue with mechanical components to create robots that are more flexible, silent, biodegradable and capable of self-healing.
● Progress in the field is hampered by major technical challenges, such as the size of artificial muscles and muscle nutrient requirements.
● However, help is at hand from AI which can optimize the fabrication of artificial muscles by modelling cell quantities and the manner in which they will be assembled before they are grown in a lab.
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Soft Robotics Lab – ETH Zürich (lab head: Prof. Robert Katzschmann (not in the picture). From left to right: Jose Greminger (Master student), Pablo Paniagua (Master student), Jakob Schreiner (visiting PhD student), Aiste Balciunaite (PhD student), Miriam Filippi (Established researcher), and Asia Badolato (PhD student).
person wearing bioelectronic fibre arrays for dual-ECG signal acquisition / credit: Wenyu Wang and Yuan Shui
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Bioelectronics: disease monitoring sensors that can be printed directly onto human skin

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Artificial pollination: robotic solutions that aim to supplement the work of bees

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Biomimetics: can robots outperform animals?

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Autonomous vehicles may soon benefit from 100 times faster neuromorphic cameras

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