‘Butterfly bot’ is fastest swimming soft robot yet

Inspired by the biomechanics of the manta ray, researchers have developed an energy-efficient soft robot that can swim more than four times faster than previous swimming soft robots. The robots are called ‘butterfly bots,’ because their swimming motion resembles the way a person’s arms move when they are swimming the butterfly stroke.

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Palantir’s Response to the FTC on ‘Commercial Surveillance and Data Security’ Rulemaking

Suggestions for establishing a culture of data responsibility Introduction Part of building and deploying privacy-protective technology is also fostering a community of responsibility around its development and use. This idea is central to the mission of Palantir’s Privacy & Civil Liberties Engineering team. It is also a guiding principle that drives us to share our …