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Robotic Elephant
March 4, 2011

 

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A robot emulating behavior of elephant : CPE#24 : KMUTT

Published on May 21, 2014

King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi
Academic Year 2013

A Robot Emulating Behavior of Elephant

Senior Project CPE#24

Mr. Vipitakhun Kantaravichaiwat
Mr. Pinyo Chanchaisomphob
Mr. Tapparit Rukthawornwong

ADVISORS
Mr. Kraikron Settakraikun
Mr. Thagorn Tangmankhong

Practical Robot Design Subject Teacher
Jumpol Polvichai, Ph.D.

King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi is a leading technology academy in Thailand
#Thank you for everything....

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sound 2 : spider man 2

 

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How skin helps elephants move and twist their trunks

Jul 18, 2022

A new study from Georgia Tech suggests that an elephant’s muscles aren’t the only way it stretches its trunk — its folded skin also plays an important role. The combination of muscle and skin gives the animal the versatility to grab fragile vegetation and rip apart tree trunks. The findings could improve robotics, which today are typically built for either great strength or flexibility. Unlike an elephant’s trunk, the machines can’t do both. Video courtesy: Zoo Atlanta/Andrew Schulz.

"Skin: An Additional Tool for the Versatile Elephant Trunk"

by Jason Maderer
July 18, 2022

 

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Elephant whiskers exhibit material intelligence for touch sensing

Feb 12, 2026

In a paper published in Science, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, the Humboldt University of Berlin, and the University of Stuttgart have discovered that the secret to the elephant’s amazing sense of touch is in its unusual whiskers. The interdisciplinary team analyzed elephant trunk whiskers using advanced microscopy methods that revealed a form of material intelligence more sophisticated than the well-studied whiskers of rats and mice. This research has the potential to inspire new physically intelligent robotic sensing approaches that resemble the unusual whiskers that cover the elephant trunk.

Publication: Schulz, A.K., Kaufmann, L.V., Smith, L.T., Philip, D.S., David, H., Zinnanti, J., Brecht, M., Richter, G., Kuchenbecker, K.J., 2026, Functional gradients facilitate tactile sensing in elephant whiskers, Science
Find out more:

is.mpg.de/news/elephant-whiskers
Simulation repository: github.com/LawSmith408/WhiskerAnalyses
Read the paper: science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adx8981