These sweaty robots cool themselves faster than humans

Micropores help them vent liquid to cool down

Read the research ($): https://scim.ag/2GxdGhF

Credits

producer/animator/narrator
Meagan Cantwell

supervising producer
Joel Goldberg

script by
Meagan Cantwell

research
A. Mishra et al., Science Robotics 2020 DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.aaz3918

research photos/footage
Anand Kumar Mishra/Cornell University

archival photos
British Library/Flickr

sound effects
fngersounds/Freesound
foolboynedia/Freesound
inspectorj/Freesound

music
"PrintingData" by Chris Burns

special thanks
Mike Lee
Catherine Matacic
Juwon Song