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An advance in understanding why the seahorse’s tail is made of square plates could inform the next generation of robotics and armor. In an engineering study that looked at the mechanics of how the fish’s tail works, researchers found the structure’s shape is optimized to resist crushing and to grasp while bending and twisting. 
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"A good deal of work is being done to improve how existing surgical procedures are performed by making rigid tools flexible and steerable. [...] One of the teams at TU Delft developed an arthroscopy tool that has a snake-like tip capable of bending in surprising ways. The so-called MultiFlex is an example of the bio-inspired approach that is at the heart of many of the tools being built at TU Delft. It takes ideas from octopus tentacles that have a bunch of muscle rods near the perimeter that work together to flex the tentacle well enough to be featured in horror movies."
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