Scientists derive rubbery materials naturally from trees or manufactured synthetically from petroleum. When referring to synthetic rubbers, the term elastomer is used to describe these materials demonstrating useful...
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Kendra Kuhar
HitchBOT, the Hitchhiking Robot, Dismembered in Philadelphia
Two weeks ago today, Industrial Outpost posted a story about a hitchBOT, a small robot that’s the product of a social experiment by two Canadian researchers to get it from Boston to San Francisco with only the...
Matthew Blockus
The Petrobot Project
In an ever-progressing chain of developments designed to make the dirty work of oil production more safe and efficient, an ongoing project helmed by Shell is currently experimenting with new methods to change the way...