Biotic Materials News Today

A dead insect repurposed as a gripper recently won an Ig Nobel. It’s not about what it can lift. It could help reframe the search for new materials in robotics.

Thanks to a type of technology called 'necrobotics', scientists have managed to reanimate dead spiders and turn them into robot gripping claws. Yes, really.

Researchers from Rice University have pioneered a new field of research, necrobotics, using a dead spider as a mechanical gripper.