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  • A small robot that looks something like a spider
    CU Boulder Today鈥擳he Compliant Legged Articulated Robotic Insect (CLARI) comes from a team of engineers at CU Boulder. The little, squishable robot that can passively change its shape to squeeze through narrow gaps鈥攚ith a bit of inspiration from the world of bugs. Ultimately, the team wants to develop shape-changing robots that can move through a complex, natural space鈥攊n which the machines will need to bounce off obstacles like trees or even blades of grass or push through the cracks between rocks and keep going.
  • Doctoral student Justin Tran, Professor Al Weimer and Research Associate Kent Warren
    Daily Camera鈥擟U Boulder researchers have created a new method to produce clean fuel that could someday give consumers a more environmentally friendly option at the gas pump. In addition to transportation, the new method could open doors to clean and sustainable energy sources for industries, including steelmaking and ammonia production.
  • Prosthetic hand
    Cyberguy鈥擟U Boulder startup Point Designs聽is working to help the healthcare industry through cutting-edge technology in the form of finger prosthetics.聽The team at Point Designs is combining clinical care with innovative additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, to give hope to people who have received medical denials in the past when it comes to missing fingers or hands.
  • Helmet of sensors worn by a child
    College of Engineering and Applied Science鈥擲venja Knappe and her colleagues have developed a helmet that contains 128 sensors and is customizable for different sizes of the human head. Knappe founded the Boulder-based company FieldLine and has begun to bring these sensors to market. In the not-so-distant future, they could aid in the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of neurological conditions like epilepsy, autism and traumatic brain injuries.
  • A pile of plastic containers
    CU Boulder Today鈥擟hemists at CU Boulder have developed a new way to recycle a common type of plastic found in soda bottles and other packaging and are working with Venture Partners at CU Boulder to bring it to real-world applications. The team鈥檚 method relies on electricity and some nifty chemical reactions, and it鈥檚 simple enough that you can watch the plastic break apart in front of your eyes.
  • Headshot of Sabrina Spencer
    CU Boulder Today鈥擨n 2016, Pfizer began collaborating with Sabrina Spencer, a global leader in time-lapse cell imaging and member of the CU Cancer Center, to study how cancer cells respond to their potent new drugs called CDK2 inhibitors.
  • Illustration of a red virus
    CU Boulder researchers have identified a surprising new player in ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)鈥攁n ancient, virus-like protein. With funding from the ALS Association, the National Institutes of Health, and Venture Partners at CU Boulder, Alexandra Whiteley's lab is now working to understand the molecular pathways involved and to find a way of inhibiting the rogue protein.
  • Illustration of nanopillars used in a new design to efficiently convert heat energy into electricity
    NIST鈥擱esearchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and CU Boulder have fabricated a novel device that could dramatically boost the conversion of heat into electricity. If perfected, the technology could help recoup some of
  • Robotic hand holds a butterfly
    Interesting Engineering鈥擳he primary goal of soft robotics is to achieve smooth and complex movement by mimicking the locomotion of soft bodies found in the environment. Researchers at CU Boulder and CU Boulder startup Artimus Robotics are leading innovation with a new type of "artificial muscle" to enable life-like movements.
  • HASEL actuators
    Say 鈥渉ello鈥 to the robots of the future: They鈥檙e soft and flexible enough to bounce off walls or squeeze into tight spaces. And when you鈥檙e done with them, you can toss these machines into a compost bin to decompose.
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