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Penguin-inspired design cuts ice build-up on electric wires and wind turbines

The bigger picture: Smallest robotic crab

Hoverfly brains inspire method for detecting distant drones

‘Metamaterial’ created capable of absorbing and unleashing vast untapped energy

Insect-sized flying robots operate without motors and gears

‘Nightmare’ robofish spooks virility out of tail-eating mosquitofish

Parrot-inspired robot flies, grabs, and perches

Crabby-sense tingling? Engineers map crab physiology to suit

Artificial material senses and adapts to surroundings

Secrets of pearl perfection could unlock high-precision nanomaterials

Clingy mussels could inspire new glues and plastics

Cyber Researcher

Gloucester, London

Graduate Manufacturing Electronic Engineer - June/September 2023

Guildford, Gloucester or Great Baddow

£30,000 starting salary

Battery bends and stretches like a snake

Sperm-inspired swimming robots ride ultrasonic waves through body

Sea slug smarts recreated in material with potential as AI hardware

US Army funds robot that packs a punch like a mantis shrimp

Stretchy wormlike robots offer new possibilities for movement

‘Glow in the dark wood’ inspires phosphorescent material

Chameleon-inspired robot mimics its surroundings

Barnacle-inspired medical glue halts bleeding

Bamboo inspires new approach for rechargeable battery boost

Engineered fibres are stronger than steel and spider silk

Graduate Engineering & Physics

Guildford, Gloucester, or Great Baddow

£30,000 starting salary, rising to £35,000 over 2 years

Engineers teach physics training programme

UK Locations

Scholarships of £29,000 or bursaries of £27,000

The bigger picture: Burrowing robot

Robot ‘dog’ could help experts gauge hazardous environments

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