A new study from an interdisciplinary German research collaboration, led by the Haptic Intelligence Department at the Max ...

In A Nutshell Elephant whiskers have “physical intelligence”: Three built-in gradients (geometry, porosity, and stiffness) work together to amplify touch signals and encode contact location without ...

An elephant can lift a log, swing sand onto its back, and still pick up a peanut without crushing it. That mix of strength and delicacy has always looked a little mysterious, especially because ...