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Published 17:10 28 Jul 2022 BST
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With that in mind and by using the hydraulic pressure that their bodies are already built for, the team has been able to create what they call "necrotic grippers" to lift objects and run tests for approximately 1,000 open-close cycles before the joints degrade. Simply incredible - albeit creepy - stuff.
Moreover, this simple demonstration of the technology and a spider's anatomy shows how the species are so well evolved that they can move joints independently without paired muscles. It also explains why the creepy crawlies are always curled up when you find them dead around the house, as they have essentially expelled all the air in their bodies.
The university's assistant professor of mechanical engineering, Daniel Preston, went on to detail how spiders have a "perfect architecture" to model more affordable and eco-friendly robot alternatives, at least when it comes to jobs like this.
While the full list of future applications remains to be seen, he said in a statement that believes that there are "a lot of pick-and-place tasks we could look into, repetitive tasks like sorting or moving objects around at these small scales, and maybe even things like assembly of microelectronics.”
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