Developed by Professor Peng Lu and his team from the Department of Mechanical Engineering. AET is a flexible, shape-morphing robotic arm that mimics the versatility of an elephant’s trunk.

Professor Peng Lu and his team from the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Faculty of Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), have achieved a groundbreaking milestone in aerial ...

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World’s most flexible drone arm grips like an elephant, repairs like a pro Inspired by an elephant’s trunk, this aerial robot arm lets drones grab, twist, and maneuver in ways rigid tools ...

Professor Peng Lu and his team from the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Faculty of Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), have achieved a milestone in aerial manipulation technology ...

The research team's AET, inspired by the flexibility of an elephant trunk, effectively addresses these challenges. "By designing a highly compact aerial continuum arm, we can perform various aerial ...

Scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope set out to study how Uranus’s magnetic field interacts with its largest moons—but instead, they stumbled upon a surprising discovery. They ...

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THE MAGICIAN'S ELEPHANT is the book-based story of Peter (Noah Jupe), a boy orphaned in war and taken in by a sergeant (Mandy Patinkin) who is raising him to be a good soldier. One day a fortune ...

The quick-thinking elephant extended its trunk into the water to create a place for the gazelle to climb out. Unfortunately, the first rescue attempt didn’t work.

Trompita, a 61-year-old Asian elephant, noticed an antelope stuck in that same body of water. She sounded an SOS from her trunk to get the attention of a nearby animal caretaker.