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Octopus-inspired technology successfully maneuvers underwater objects

Image by LauMarghe The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore, Pisa, Italy CC BY 3.0 Image by LauMarghe The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore, Pisa, Italy CC BY 3.0 Using mechanisms inspired by ...
Ars Technica

Octopus suckers inspire new tech for gripping objects underwater

Over the last few years, Virginia Tech scientists have been looking to the octopus for inspiration to design technologies that can better grip a wide variety of objects in underwater environments.
New Atlas

Electronic glove senses objects and sucks onto them like an octopus

Us humans aren't so good at grasping things underwater, but new research reveals how nature could lend us a helping hand. Scientists have developed a glove specifically for these purposes that takes ...
Los Angeles Times

The veined octopus’ coconut shelters may be first evidence of tool use in an invertebrate

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Biologists studying the habits of veined octopuses in the waters of ...