Aquatic microorganism could inspire soft robots able to move fast in narrow spaces
Friday, February 22, 2019 - 10:50
in Biology & Nature
Euglena cells are unicellular organisms that spend most of their time on swimming by beating their flagellum. Sometimes, Euglena performs harmoniously coordinated cell body deformation, in a behavior known as metaboly. A team of researchers shows that metaboly allows Euglena to crawl remarkably fast in narrow spaces. This feature could inspire new applications in soft robotics.