If a team of top mathematicians and scientists work on creating a one-of-a-kind object with interesting equilibrium properties but ends up looking like a rock, is it just a rock or something more?

Hungarian scientists may have found the reason why creatures with shells - such as turtles and beetles - are able to self-right ... and created a shape they named Gomboc that mimics a turtle's ...

It’s the world’s only artificial, self-righting shape. There are plenty of things that come back up after being knocked down. Angry roadies do, for example. But they get up under their own power.

It took a honeymoon spent trying to balance 2000 pebbles and annoyed a number of turtles, but a Hungarian team has finally managed to construct the shape ... mimics the 'self-righting' abilities ...

Two Hungarians puzzled by how certain creatures with shells, like turtles and beetles, are able to self-right have ... the challenge and created a shape they named Gomboc which mimics a turtle's ...

But the Gömböc is more than just “the world’s first self-righting shape,” as Action Lab notes. It’s also an object that gives unique insight into the way equilibriums work, as well as ...

Two Hungarians puzzled by how certain creatures with shells, like turtles and beetles, are able to self-right have ... the challenge and created a shape they named Gomboc which mimics a turtle's ...

What is a Gomboc? A Gomboc is a mono-monostatic object – essentially a self-righting object that, no matter which way is pushed, will consistently achieve stability. Much like the mathematical ...