For octopuses, changing colors is hard work
The findings are the first to quantify how much work goes into switching on chromatophores, the specialized color-changing ...
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A new milestone in the study of octopus arms
The octopus was placed on one side of a Plexiglas sheet with a hole through which only one arm could reach. In the ...
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Engineers capture octopus arm's intricate muscular architecture with an unprecedented computational model
A research team has recently published a study titled "Topology, dynamics, and control of a muscle-architected soft arm," in ...
The Octopus Project interview: ‘Sasquatch Sunset' composers
"We feel really comfortable taking risks with them and they’re always a game for just the weirder, the better," declares ...
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A milestone in the study of octopus arms
Their high-fidelity computational model is a milestone both in biology, where it can help explain the octopus's impressive capability, and engineering. "The computational model is a useful testbed for ...