(Phys.org) —A team from Harvard and MIT presented their work at the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) in Germany. Their contribution: "Robot Self-Assembly by Folding: ...

Electronics - Robotics

May 09, 2013 3.8 / 5 (4) 0 |

Prototype mobile devices that can change shape on-demand will be unveiled today and could lay down the foundation for creating high shape resolution devices of the future.

Technology - Hi Tech & Innovation

Apr 29, 2013 5 / 5 (8) 0 |

New artificial muscles that twist like the trunk of an elephant, but provide a thousand times higher rotation per length, were announced on Oct. 13 for a publication in Science magazine by a team of resear ...

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

Oct 13, 2011 5 / 5 (6) 5 |

A team led by James Henderson, assistant professor of biomedical and chemical engineering in Syracuse University's L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science (LCS) and researcher in the Syracuse Biomaterials Institute, ...

Chemistry - Polymers

Mar 10, 2011 not rated yet 0 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team led by Patrick T. Mather, director of Syracuse Biomaterials Institute (SBI) and Milton and Ann Stevenson professor of biomedical and chemical engineering in Syracuse University’s ...

Physics - Soft Matter

Jan 05, 2011 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by General Motors has found that a polymer used commercially in fuel cell membranes can "memorize" four shapes, each assigned to a different temperature. The material could find ...

Physics - Condensed Matter

Mar 15, 2010 4.9 / 5 (10) 1 |