In a recent perspective review published in the journal Nature Reviews Materials, researchers collate and discuss ongoing progress in edible materials and how these materials can be used to develop ...

(Nanowerk News) Robots and food have long been distant worlds: Robots are inorganic, bulky, and non-disposable; food is organic, soft, and biodegradable. Yet, research that develops edible robots has ...

While there are many useful questions to ask when encountering a new robot, “can I eat it” is generally not one of them. I say ‘generally,’ because edible robots are actually a thing—and not just ...

A team of scientists have penned a new article in Nature Reviews Materials outlining the challenges of creating an edible robot, and it appears we aren't necessarily too far away at all. Technology ...

At some point in the not-too-distant future, a doctor might instruct you to swallow a robot you can eat to deliver some sort of therapy with incredible precision or perform some kind of test. You'll ...

But a team of researchers from Dario Floreano’s Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at EPFL in Switzerland has found a way to ...

Edible robot: (a) three-dimensional computer-aided design model, (b) internal structure, (c) photograph of the edible robot, (d) the edible robot with a three-dimensional printed handle. In a landmark ...

It looks like dessert and tastes like dessert. Still, inside the syrup, gelatin, and fondant layers, the RoboCake is doing something that no ordinary pastry has ever done: dancing, blinking, and ...

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Do any technological advancements really surprise you anymore? With AI becoming ever more prevalent in our world, it truly feels like anything is possible and nothing is off the table, so, when ...