Swimming robots to search for alien life, needle-free drug delivery and super solar cells: Engineering Futures Weekly

Swimming robots to search for alien life, needle-free drug delivery and super solar cells: Engineering Futures Weekly

Welcome to Engineering Futures Weekly, featuring the latest innovations, trends and announcements. This week: Swimming robots to search for alien life, needle-free drug delivery and super solar cells.

1. NASA prepares swimming robots to search for extra-terrestrial life

NASA has tested prototype swimming robots that could one day explore the oceans of Europa, looking for signs of life in the water of Jupiter’s icy moon. Future iterations of the robots will be deployed in swarms, and use acoustic signals to communicate.

Professional Engineering

share