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  • Garden Baby Snail On Flower
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    Garden Baby Snail On Flower
    A garden snail baby crawls on a flower leaf in Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal, on July 14, 2025. (Photo by Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto)

     

  • Garden Baby Snail On Flower
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    Garden Baby Snail On Flower
    A garden snail baby crawls on a flower leaf in Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal, on July 14, 2025. (Photo by Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto)

     

  • Garden Baby Snail On Flower
    DUKAS_186651930_NUR
    Garden Baby Snail On Flower
    A garden snail baby crawls on a flower leaf in Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal, on July 14, 2025. (Photo by Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto)

     

  • Garden Baby Snail On Flower
    DUKAS_186651920_NUR
    Garden Baby Snail On Flower
    Water droplets appear on the Madagascar periwinkle flower after rain in Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal, on July 14, 2025. (Photo by Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto)

     

  • Garden Baby Snail On Flower
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    Garden Baby Snail On Flower
    Water droplets appear on the Madagascar periwinkle flower after rain in Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal, on July 14, 2025. (Photo by Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto)

     

  • Garden Baby Snail On Flower
    DUKAS_186651899_NUR
    Garden Baby Snail On Flower
    Water droplets appear on the Madagascar periwinkle flower after rain in Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal, on July 14, 2025. (Photo by Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto)

     

  • Garden Baby Snail On Flower
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    Garden Baby Snail On Flower
    A garden snail baby crawls on a leaf in Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal, on July 14, 2025. (Photo by Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto)

     

  • Garden Baby Snail On Flower
    DUKAS_186651852_NUR
    Garden Baby Snail On Flower
    A garden snail baby crawls on a flower in Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal, on July 14, 2025. (Photo by Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto)

     

  • Garden Baby Snail On Flower
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    Garden Baby Snail On Flower
    A garden snail baby crawls on a flower in Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal, on July 14, 2025. (Photo by Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto)

     

  • Garden Baby Snail On Flower
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    Garden Baby Snail On Flower
    A garden snail baby crawls on a flower leaf in Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal, on July 14, 2025. (Photo by Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto)

     

  • Rainy Morning In Toronto, Canada
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    Rainy Morning In Toronto, Canada
    A banded garden snail (Cepaea nemoralis) is on the bud of a peony flower following the first thunderstorm of the season in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on June 5, 2025 (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto).

     

  • Rainy Morning In Toronto, Canada
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    Rainy Morning In Toronto, Canada
    A small snail is on the bud of a peony flower following the first thunderstorm of the season in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on June 5, 2025. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)

     

  • Rainy Morning In Toronto, Canada
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    Rainy Morning In Toronto, Canada
    A small snail is on the bud of a peony flower following the first thunderstorm of the season in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on June 5, 2025. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)

     

  • Rainy Morning In Toronto, Canada
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    Rainy Morning In Toronto, Canada
    A banded garden snail (Cepaea nemoralis) is on the leaf of a peony plant following the first thunderstorm of the season in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on June 5, 2025 (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto).

     

  • Banded Garden Snail
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    Banded Garden Snail
    A banded garden snail (Cepaea nemoralis) is in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on May 16, 2025. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)

     

  • Banded Garden Snail
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    Banded Garden Snail
    A banded garden snail (Cepaea nemoralis) is in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on May 16, 2025. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)

     

  • Spring Season In Toronto
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    Spring Season In Toronto
    A banded garden snail (Cepaea nemoralis) is present during the spring season in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on April 30, 2025. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)

     

  • Snail inspired robots swarm together for search and rescue
    DUKAS_169320285_FER
    Snail inspired robots swarm together for search and rescue
    Ferrari Press Agency
    Snail 1
    Ref 15827
    06/05/2024
    See Ferrari text
    Pictures must credit: Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Snail inspired robots that can swarm together to perform tasks are being developed that could one day be fused to explore distant planets.

    They may also be used is searching for survivors at disaster sites or doing reconnaissance in hazardous environments

    All the robots communicate with one another, coordinating their movements in order to get the job done.

    The new devices are able to climb up on top of each other, stacking themselves into three-dimensional configurations.

    The robots were modelled on a particular snail called the white jade land snail and developed by a team at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

    The robot has a spherical magnetic iron shell that houses a battery, microprocessor and other electronics.

    It moves around on tiny rubber caterpillar tracks embedded with magnets.

    A retractable vacuum-powered suction cup is located between the two sets of tracks on each bot.

    When the robot is moving on its own the suction cup is kept withdrawn and unpowered.

    The magnets allow it to climb up on top of the shells of other snail robots during swarming.

    Once it's in place the bot lowers and powering up its suction cup to cling tightly to the shell of the other robot fixing the two firmly together.
    OPS: The robot snail in action.

    Pictue supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • Snail inspired robots swarm together for search and rescue
    DUKAS_169320282_FER
    Snail inspired robots swarm together for search and rescue
    Ferrari Press Agency
    Snail 1
    Ref 15827
    06/05/2024
    See Ferrari text
    Pictures must credit: Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Snail inspired robots that can swarm together to perform tasks are being developed that could one day be fused to explore distant planets.

    They may also be used is searching for survivors at disaster sites or doing reconnaissance in hazardous environments

    All the robots communicate with one another, coordinating their movements in order to get the job done.

    The new devices are able to climb up on top of each other, stacking themselves into three-dimensional configurations.

    The robots were modelled on a particular snail called the white jade land snail and developed by a team at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

    The robot has a spherical magnetic iron shell that houses a battery, microprocessor and other electronics.

    It moves around on tiny rubber caterpillar tracks embedded with magnets.

    A retractable vacuum-powered suction cup is located between the two sets of tracks on each bot.

    When the robot is moving on its own the suction cup is kept withdrawn and unpowered.

    The magnets allow it to climb up on top of the shells of other snail robots during swarming.

    Once it's in place the bot lowers and powering up its suction cup to cling tightly to the shell of the other robot fixing the two firmly together.

    OPS: Evolution of the snail inspired robot

    Pictue supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • Snail inspired robots swarm together for search and rescue
    DUKAS_169320281_FER
    Snail inspired robots swarm together for search and rescue
    Ferrari Press Agency
    Snail 1
    Ref 15827
    06/05/2024
    See Ferrari text
    Pictures must credit: Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Snail inspired robots that can swarm together to perform tasks are being developed that could one day be fused to explore distant planets.

    They may also be used is searching for survivors at disaster sites or doing reconnaissance in hazardous environments

    All the robots communicate with one another, coordinating their movements in order to get the job done.

    The new devices are able to climb up on top of each other, stacking themselves into three-dimensional configurations.

    The robots were modelled on a particular snail called the white jade land snail and developed by a team at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

    The robot has a spherical magnetic iron shell that houses a battery, microprocessor and other electronics.

    It moves around on tiny rubber caterpillar tracks embedded with magnets.

    A retractable vacuum-powered suction cup is located between the two sets of tracks on each bot.

    When the robot is moving on its own the suction cup is kept withdrawn and unpowered.

    The magnets allow it to climb up on top of the shells of other snail robots during swarming.

    Once it's in place the bot lowers and powering up its suction cup to cling tightly to the shell of the other robot fixing the two firmly together.

    OPS: The robot snails in action.Making a chain on a step for a stranded robot to climb down

    Pictue supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • Snail inspired robots swarm together for search and rescue
    DUKAS_169320280_FER
    Snail inspired robots swarm together for search and rescue
    Ferrari Press Agency
    Snail 1
    Ref 15827
    06/05/2024
    See Ferrari text
    Pictures must credit: Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Snail inspired robots that can swarm together to perform tasks are being developed that could one day be fused to explore distant planets.

    They may also be used is searching for survivors at disaster sites or doing reconnaissance in hazardous environments

    All the robots communicate with one another, coordinating their movements in order to get the job done.

    The new devices are able to climb up on top of each other, stacking themselves into three-dimensional configurations.

    The robots were modelled on a particular snail called the white jade land snail and developed by a team at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

    The robot has a spherical magnetic iron shell that houses a battery, microprocessor and other electronics.

    It moves around on tiny rubber caterpillar tracks embedded with magnets.

    A retractable vacuum-powered suction cup is located between the two sets of tracks on each bot.

    When the robot is moving on its own the suction cup is kept withdrawn and unpowered.

    The magnets allow it to climb up on top of the shells of other snail robots during swarming.

    Once it's in place the bot lowers and powering up its suction cup to cling tightly to the shell of the other robot fixing the two firmly together.
    OPS: The robot snails in action swarming to make an arm to grab a package on a table

    Pictue supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • Snail inspired robots swarm together for search and rescue
    DUKAS_169320279_FER
    Snail inspired robots swarm together for search and rescue
    Ferrari Press Agency
    Snail 1
    Ref 15827
    06/05/2024
    See Ferrari text
    Pictures must credit: Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Snail inspired robots that can swarm together to perform tasks are being developed that could one day be fused to explore distant planets.

    They may also be used is searching for survivors at disaster sites or doing reconnaissance in hazardous environments

    All the robots communicate with one another, coordinating their movements in order to get the job done.

    The new devices are able to climb up on top of each other, stacking themselves into three-dimensional configurations.

    The robots were modelled on a particular snail called the white jade land snail and developed by a team at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

    The robot has a spherical magnetic iron shell that houses a battery, microprocessor and other electronics.

    It moves around on tiny rubber caterpillar tracks embedded with magnets.

    A retractable vacuum-powered suction cup is located between the two sets of tracks on each bot.

    When the robot is moving on its own the suction cup is kept withdrawn and unpowered.

    The magnets allow it to climb up on top of the shells of other snail robots during swarming.

    Once it's in place the bot lowers and powering up its suction cup to cling tightly to the shell of the other robot fixing the two firmly together.

    OPS: The robot snails in action.Creating a step up for a single bot to climb

    Pictue supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • Snail inspired robots swarm together for search and rescue
    DUKAS_169320278_FER
    Snail inspired robots swarm together for search and rescue
    Ferrari Press Agency
    Snail 1
    Ref 15827
    06/05/2024
    See Ferrari text
    Pictures must credit: Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Snail inspired robots that can swarm together to perform tasks are being developed that could one day be fused to explore distant planets.

    They may also be used is searching for survivors at disaster sites or doing reconnaissance in hazardous environments

    All the robots communicate with one another, coordinating their movements in order to get the job done.

    The new devices are able to climb up on top of each other, stacking themselves into three-dimensional configurations.

    The robots were modelled on a particular snail called the white jade land snail and developed by a team at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

    The robot has a spherical magnetic iron shell that houses a battery, microprocessor and other electronics.

    It moves around on tiny rubber caterpillar tracks embedded with magnets.

    A retractable vacuum-powered suction cup is located between the two sets of tracks on each bot.

    When the robot is moving on its own the suction cup is kept withdrawn and unpowered.

    The magnets allow it to climb up on top of the shells of other snail robots during swarming.

    Once it's in place the bot lowers and powering up its suction cup to cling tightly to the shell of the other robot fixing the two firmly together.

    OPS: The robot snails in action.Making a bridge between two rocks for one to cross

    Pictue supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • Snail inspired robots swarm together for search and rescue
    DUKAS_169320277_FER
    Snail inspired robots swarm together for search and rescue
    Ferrari Press Agency
    Snail 1
    Ref 15827
    06/05/2024
    See Ferrari text
    Pictures must credit: Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Snail inspired robots that can swarm together to perform tasks are being developed that could one day be fused to explore distant planets.

    They may also be used is searching for survivors at disaster sites or doing reconnaissance in hazardous environments

    All the robots communicate with one another, coordinating their movements in order to get the job done.

    The new devices are able to climb up on top of each other, stacking themselves into three-dimensional configurations.

    The robots were modelled on a particular snail called the white jade land snail and developed by a team at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

    The robot has a spherical magnetic iron shell that houses a battery, microprocessor and other electronics.

    It moves around on tiny rubber caterpillar tracks embedded with magnets.

    A retractable vacuum-powered suction cup is located between the two sets of tracks on each bot.

    When the robot is moving on its own the suction cup is kept withdrawn and unpowered.

    The magnets allow it to climb up on top of the shells of other snail robots during swarming.

    Once it's in place the bot lowers and powering up its suction cup to cling tightly to the shell of the other robot fixing the two firmly together.

    OPS: The robot snals in action. Making a bridge between two rocks for one of the bots to cross

    Pictue supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • Snail inspired robots swarm together for search and rescue
    DUKAS_169320268_FER
    Snail inspired robots swarm together for search and rescue
    Ferrari Press Agency
    Snail 1
    Ref 15827
    06/05/2024
    See Ferrari text
    Pictures must credit: Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Snail inspired robots that can swarm together to perform tasks are being developed that could one day be fused to explore distant planets.

    They may also be used is searching for survivors at disaster sites or doing reconnaissance in hazardous environments

    All the robots communicate with one another, coordinating their movements in order to get the job done.

    The new devices are able to climb up on top of each other, stacking themselves into three-dimensional configurations.

    The robots were modelled on a particular snail called the white jade land snail and developed by a team at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

    The robot has a spherical magnetic iron shell that houses a battery, microprocessor and other electronics.

    It moves around on tiny rubber caterpillar tracks embedded with magnets.

    A retractable vacuum-powered suction cup is located between the two sets of tracks on each bot.

    When the robot is moving on its own the suction cup is kept withdrawn and unpowered.

    The magnets allow it to climb up on top of the shells of other snail robots during swarming.

    Once it's in place the bot lowers and powering up its suction cup to cling tightly to the shell of the other robot fixing the two firmly together.

    OPS: The white jade land snail that inspired the research

    Pictue supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • Snail inspired robots swarm together for search and rescue
    DUKAS_169320267_FER
    Snail inspired robots swarm together for search and rescue
    Ferrari Press Agency
    Snail 1
    Ref 15827
    06/05/2024
    See Ferrari text
    Pictures must credit: Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Snail inspired robots that can swarm together to perform tasks are being developed that could one day be fused to explore distant planets.

    They may also be used is searching for survivors at disaster sites or doing reconnaissance in hazardous environments

    All the robots communicate with one another, coordinating their movements in order to get the job done.

    The new devices are able to climb up on top of each other, stacking themselves into three-dimensional configurations.

    The robots were modelled on a particular snail called the white jade land snail and developed by a team at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

    The robot has a spherical magnetic iron shell that houses a battery, microprocessor and other electronics.

    It moves around on tiny rubber caterpillar tracks embedded with magnets.

    A retractable vacuum-powered suction cup is located between the two sets of tracks on each bot.

    When the robot is moving on its own the suction cup is kept withdrawn and unpowered.

    The magnets allow it to climb up on top of the shells of other snail robots during swarming.

    Once it's in place the bot lowers and powering up its suction cup to cling tightly to the shell of the other robot fixing the two firmly together.

    OPS: The white jade land snail that inspired the research

    Pictue supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • Snail inspired robots swarm together for search and rescue
    DUKAS_169320265_FER
    Snail inspired robots swarm together for search and rescue
    Ferrari Press Agency
    Snail 1
    Ref 15827
    06/05/2024
    See Ferrari text
    Pictures must credit: Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Snail inspired robots that can swarm together to perform tasks are being developed that could one day be fused to explore distant planets.

    They may also be used is searching for survivors at disaster sites or doing reconnaissance in hazardous environments

    All the robots communicate with one another, coordinating their movements in order to get the job done.

    The new devices are able to climb up on top of each other, stacking themselves into three-dimensional configurations.

    The robots were modelled on a particular snail called the white jade land snail and developed by a team at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

    The robot has a spherical magnetic iron shell that houses a battery, microprocessor and other electronics.

    It moves around on tiny rubber caterpillar tracks embedded with magnets.

    A retractable vacuum-powered suction cup is located between the two sets of tracks on each bot.

    When the robot is moving on its own the suction cup is kept withdrawn and unpowered.

    The magnets allow it to climb up on top of the shells of other snail robots during swarming.

    Once it's in place the bot lowers and powering up its suction cup to cling tightly to the shell of the other robot fixing the two firmly together.
    OPS: The robot snails in action swarming to make an arm to grab a package on a table

    Pictue supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • Snail inspired robots swarm together for search and rescue
    DUKAS_169320262_FER
    Snail inspired robots swarm together for search and rescue
    Ferrari Press Agency
    Snail 1
    Ref 15827
    06/05/2024
    See Ferrari text
    Pictures must credit: Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Snail inspired robots that can swarm together to perform tasks are being developed that could one day be fused to explore distant planets.

    They may also be used is searching for survivors at disaster sites or doing reconnaissance in hazardous environments

    All the robots communicate with one another, coordinating their movements in order to get the job done.

    The new devices are able to climb up on top of each other, stacking themselves into three-dimensional configurations.

    The robots were modelled on a particular snail called the white jade land snail and developed by a team at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

    The robot has a spherical magnetic iron shell that houses a battery, microprocessor and other electronics.

    It moves around on tiny rubber caterpillar tracks embedded with magnets.

    A retractable vacuum-powered suction cup is located between the two sets of tracks on each bot.

    When the robot is moving on its own the suction cup is kept withdrawn and unpowered.

    The magnets allow it to climb up on top of the shells of other snail robots during swarming.

    Once it's in place the bot lowers and powering up its suction cup to cling tightly to the shell of the other robot fixing the two firmly together.
    OPS: The robot snails in action swarming to make an arm to grab a package on a table

    Pictue supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • Snail inspired robots swarm together for search and rescue
    DUKAS_169320261_FER
    Snail inspired robots swarm together for search and rescue
    Ferrari Press Agency
    Snail 1
    Ref 15827
    06/05/2024
    See Ferrari text
    Pictures must credit: Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Snail inspired robots that can swarm together to perform tasks are being developed that could one day be fused to explore distant planets.

    They may also be used is searching for survivors at disaster sites or doing reconnaissance in hazardous environments

    All the robots communicate with one another, coordinating their movements in order to get the job done.

    The new devices are able to climb up on top of each other, stacking themselves into three-dimensional configurations.

    The robots were modelled on a particular snail called the white jade land snail and developed by a team at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

    The robot has a spherical magnetic iron shell that houses a battery, microprocessor and other electronics.

    It moves around on tiny rubber caterpillar tracks embedded with magnets.

    A retractable vacuum-powered suction cup is located between the two sets of tracks on each bot.

    When the robot is moving on its own the suction cup is kept withdrawn and unpowered.

    The magnets allow it to climb up on top of the shells of other snail robots during swarming.

    Once it's in place the bot lowers and powering up its suction cup to cling tightly to the shell of the other robot fixing the two firmly together.

    OPS: The robot snails in action.Making a bridge between two rocks for one to cross

    Pictue supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • Snail inspired robots swarm together for search and rescue
    DUKAS_169320256_FER
    Snail inspired robots swarm together for search and rescue
    Ferrari Press Agency
    Snail 1
    Ref 15827
    06/05/2024
    See Ferrari text
    Pictures must credit: Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Snail inspired robots that can swarm together to perform tasks are being developed that could one day be fused to explore distant planets.

    They may also be used is searching for survivors at disaster sites or doing reconnaissance in hazardous environments

    All the robots communicate with one another, coordinating their movements in order to get the job done.

    The new devices are able to climb up on top of each other, stacking themselves into three-dimensional configurations.

    The robots were modelled on a particular snail called the white jade land snail and developed by a team at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

    The robot has a spherical magnetic iron shell that houses a battery, microprocessor and other electronics.

    It moves around on tiny rubber caterpillar tracks embedded with magnets.

    A retractable vacuum-powered suction cup is located between the two sets of tracks on each bot.

    When the robot is moving on its own the suction cup is kept withdrawn and unpowered.

    The magnets allow it to climb up on top of the shells of other snail robots during swarming.

    Once it's in place the bot lowers and powering up its suction cup to cling tightly to the shell of the other robot fixing the two firmly together.

    OPS: The robot snail sucker

    Pictue supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • Snail inspired robots swarm together for search and rescue
    DUKAS_169320223_FER
    Snail inspired robots swarm together for search and rescue
    Ferrari Press Agency
    Snail 1
    Ref 15827
    06/05/2024
    See Ferrari text
    Pictures must credit: Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Snail inspired robots that can swarm together to perform tasks are being developed that could one day be fused to explore distant planets.

    They may also be used is searching for survivors at disaster sites or doing reconnaissance in hazardous environments

    All the robots communicate with one another, coordinating their movements in order to get the job done.

    The new devices are able to climb up on top of each other, stacking themselves into three-dimensional configurations.

    The robots were modelled on a particular snail called the white jade land snail and developed by a team at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

    The robot has a spherical magnetic iron shell that houses a battery, microprocessor and other electronics.

    It moves around on tiny rubber caterpillar tracks embedded with magnets.

    A retractable vacuum-powered suction cup is located between the two sets of tracks on each bot.

    When the robot is moving on its own the suction cup is kept withdrawn and unpowered.

    The magnets allow it to climb up on top of the shells of other snail robots during swarming.

    Once it's in place the bot lowers and powering up its suction cup to cling tightly to the shell of the other robot fixing the two firmly together.

    OPS: The robot snails in action.Making a chain on a step for a stranded robot to climb down

    Pictue supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • Snail inspired robots swarm together for search and rescue
    DUKAS_169320221_FER
    Snail inspired robots swarm together for search and rescue
    Ferrari Press Agency
    Snail 1
    Ref 15827
    06/05/2024
    See Ferrari text
    Pictures must credit: Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Snail inspired robots that can swarm together to perform tasks are being developed that could one day be fused to explore distant planets.

    They may also be used is searching for survivors at disaster sites or doing reconnaissance in hazardous environments

    All the robots communicate with one another, coordinating their movements in order to get the job done.

    The new devices are able to climb up on top of each other, stacking themselves into three-dimensional configurations.

    The robots were modelled on a particular snail called the white jade land snail and developed by a team at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

    The robot has a spherical magnetic iron shell that houses a battery, microprocessor and other electronics.

    It moves around on tiny rubber caterpillar tracks embedded with magnets.

    A retractable vacuum-powered suction cup is located between the two sets of tracks on each bot.

    When the robot is moving on its own the suction cup is kept withdrawn and unpowered.

    The magnets allow it to climb up on top of the shells of other snail robots during swarming.

    Once it's in place the bot lowers and powering up its suction cup to cling tightly to the shell of the other robot fixing the two firmly together.

    OPS: The robot snails in action.Making a bridge between two rocks for one to cross

    Pictue supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • Snail inspired robots swarm together for search and rescue
    DUKAS_169320218_FER
    Snail inspired robots swarm together for search and rescue
    Ferrari Press Agency
    Snail 1
    Ref 15827
    06/05/2024
    See Ferrari text
    Pictures must credit: Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Snail inspired robots that can swarm together to perform tasks are being developed that could one day be fused to explore distant planets.

    They may also be used is searching for survivors at disaster sites or doing reconnaissance in hazardous environments

    All the robots communicate with one another, coordinating their movements in order to get the job done.

    The new devices are able to climb up on top of each other, stacking themselves into three-dimensional configurations.

    The robots were modelled on a particular snail called the white jade land snail and developed by a team at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

    The robot has a spherical magnetic iron shell that houses a battery, microprocessor and other electronics.

    It moves around on tiny rubber caterpillar tracks embedded with magnets.

    A retractable vacuum-powered suction cup is located between the two sets of tracks on each bot.

    When the robot is moving on its own the suction cup is kept withdrawn and unpowered.

    The magnets allow it to climb up on top of the shells of other snail robots during swarming.

    Once it's in place the bot lowers and powering up its suction cup to cling tightly to the shell of the other robot fixing the two firmly together.

    OPS: The robot snails in action.Creating a step up for a single bot to climb

    Pictue supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • Experience: I helped a snail find love
It is difficult for lefty snails to mate with normal snails because they have genitals on the opposite side of their head.
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    Experience: I helped a snail find love It is difficult for lefty snails to mate with normal snails because they have genitals on the opposite side of their head.
    Angus Davison of Nottingham, Associate Professor and Reader in Evolutionary Genetics at the University of Nottingham who tried to find a mate for a rare left coiling snail called Jeremy.
    Davison: ‘As the scientist meddling in this unusual love triangle, I tried to remain disinterested.’

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    Experience: I helped a snail find love It is difficult for lefty snails to mate with normal snails because they have genitals on the opposite side of their head.
    Angus Davison of Nottingham, Associate Professor and Reader in Evolutionary Genetics at the University of Nottingham who tried to find a mate for a rare left coiling snail called Jeremy.
    Davison: ‘As the scientist meddling in this unusual love triangle, I tried to remain disinterested.’

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    Experience: I helped a snail find love It is difficult for lefty snails to mate with normal snails because they have genitals on the opposite side of their head.
    Angus Davison of Nottingham, Associate Professor and Reader in Evolutionary Genetics at the University of Nottingham who tried to find a mate for a rare left coiling snail called Jeremy.
    Davison: ‘As the scientist meddling in this unusual love triangle, I tried to remain disinterested.’

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It is difficult for lefty snails to mate with normal snails because they have genitals on the opposite side of their head.
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    Experience: I helped a snail find love It is difficult for lefty snails to mate with normal snails because they have genitals on the opposite side of their head.
    Angus Davison of Nottingham, Associate Professor and Reader in Evolutionary Genetics at the University of Nottingham who tried to find a mate for a rare left coiling snail called Jeremy.
    Davison: ‘As the scientist meddling in this unusual love triangle, I tried to remain disinterested.’

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    Experience: I helped a snail find love It is difficult for lefty snails to mate with normal snails because they have genitals on the opposite side of their head.
    Angus Davison of Nottingham, Associate Professor and Reader in Evolutionary Genetics at the University of Nottingham who tried to find a mate for a rare left coiling snail called Jeremy.
    Davison: ‘As the scientist meddling in this unusual love triangle, I tried to remain disinterested.’

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    Experience: I helped a snail find love It is difficult for lefty snails to mate with normal snails because they have genitals on the opposite side of their head.
    Angus Davison of Nottingham, Associate Professor and Reader in Evolutionary Genetics at the University of Nottingham who tried to find a mate for a rare left coiling snail called Jeremy.
    Davison: ‘As the scientist meddling in this unusual love triangle, I tried to remain disinterested.’

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    Experience: I helped a snail find love It is difficult for lefty snails to mate with normal snails because they have genitals on the opposite side of their head.
    Angus Davison of Nottingham, Associate Professor and Reader in Evolutionary Genetics at the University of Nottingham who tried to find a mate for a rare left coiling snail called Jeremy.
    Davison: ‘As the scientist meddling in this unusual love triangle, I tried to remain disinterested.’

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    Experience: I helped a snail find love It is difficult for lefty snails to mate with normal snails because they have genitals on the opposite side of their head.
    Angus Davison of Nottingham, Associate Professor and Reader in Evolutionary Genetics at the University of Nottingham who tried to find a mate for a rare left coiling snail called Jeremy.
    Davison: ‘As the scientist meddling in this unusual love triangle, I tried to remain disinterested.’

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    Experience: I helped a snail find love It is difficult for lefty snails to mate with normal snails because they have genitals on the opposite side of their head.
    Angus Davison of Nottingham, Associate Professor and Reader in Evolutionary Genetics at the University of Nottingham who tried to find a mate for a rare left coiling snail called Jeremy.
    Davison: ‘As the scientist meddling in this unusual love triangle, I tried to remain disinterested.’

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    Experience: I helped a snail find love It is difficult for lefty snails to mate with normal snails because they have genitals on the opposite side of their head.
    Angus Davison of Nottingham, Associate Professor and Reader in Evolutionary Genetics at the University of Nottingham who tried to find a mate for a rare left coiling snail called Jeremy.
    Davison: ‘As the scientist meddling in this unusual love triangle, I tried to remain disinterested.’

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    Experience: I helped a snail find love It is difficult for lefty snails to mate with normal snails because they have genitals on the opposite side of their head.
    Angus Davison of Nottingham, Associate Professor and Reader in Evolutionary Genetics at the University of Nottingham who tried to find a mate for a rare left coiling snail called Jeremy.
    Davison: ‘As the scientist meddling in this unusual love triangle, I tried to remain disinterested.’

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    Experience: I helped a snail find love It is difficult for lefty snails to mate with normal snails because they have genitals on the opposite side of their head.
    Angus Davison of Nottingham, Associate Professor and Reader in Evolutionary Genetics at the University of Nottingham who tried to find a mate for a rare left coiling snail called Jeremy.
    Davison: ‘As the scientist meddling in this unusual love triangle, I tried to remain disinterested.’

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    Experience: I helped a snail find love It is difficult for lefty snails to mate with normal snails because they have genitals on the opposite side of their head.
    Angus Davison of Nottingham, Associate Professor and Reader in Evolutionary Genetics at the University of Nottingham who tried to find a mate for a rare left coiling snail called Jeremy.
    Davison: ‘As the scientist meddling in this unusual love triangle, I tried to remain disinterested.’

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    Experience: I helped a snail find love It is difficult for lefty snails to mate with normal snails because they have genitals on the opposite side of their head.
    Angus Davison of Nottingham, Associate Professor and Reader in Evolutionary Genetics at the University of Nottingham who tried to find a mate for a rare left coiling snail called Jeremy.
    Davison: ‘As the scientist meddling in this unusual love triangle, I tried to remain disinterested.’

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    Experience: I helped a snail find love It is difficult for lefty snails to mate with normal snails because they have genitals on the opposite side of their head.
    Angus Davison of Nottingham, Associate Professor and Reader in Evolutionary Genetics at the University of Nottingham who tried to find a mate for a rare left coiling snail called Jeremy.
    Davison: ‘As the scientist meddling in this unusual love triangle, I tried to remain disinterested.’

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    Experience: I helped a snail find love It is difficult for lefty snails to mate with normal snails because they have genitals on the opposite side of their head.
    Angus Davison of Nottingham, Associate Professor and Reader in Evolutionary Genetics at the University of Nottingham who tried to find a mate for a rare left coiling snail called Jeremy.
    Davison: ‘As the scientist meddling in this unusual love triangle, I tried to remain disinterested.’

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    Experience: I helped a snail find love It is difficult for lefty snails to mate with normal snails because they have genitals on the opposite side of their head.
    Angus Davison of Nottingham, Associate Professor and Reader in Evolutionary Genetics at the University of Nottingham who tried to find a mate for a rare left coiling snail called Jeremy.
    Davison: ‘As the scientist meddling in this unusual love triangle, I tried to remain disinterested.’

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