Necrobotics: Biotic Materials as Ready‐to‐Use Actuators (Adv. Sci. 29/2022)

Necrobotics In article number 2201174, Te Faye Yap, Daniel J. Preston, and co‐workers introduce necrobotics, a new area of research that leverages the complex architectures of biotic materials to construct useful robotic components. A pneumatic gripper is fabricated in a single step from the inanimate body of a spider, taking advantage of its hydraulic mechanism for leg extension and allowing it to interface with traditional robotic systems. [Image: see text]