Soft materials, such as rubber or polymers that can endure drastic changes to their shape, are promising for applications where flexibility and shapeshifting abilities are paramount.
General Physics
Apr 17, 2020
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Mechanical engineering students challenged themselves to make a robotic fish that not only swims like a real fish, but looks the part too, demonstrating the possibilities inherent to soft robotics.
Robotics
Jun 25, 2019
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An EPFL team is developing soft, flexible and reconfigurable robots. Air-actuated, they behave like human muscles and may be used in physical rehabilitation. They are made of low-cost materials and could easily be produced ...
Robotics
Oct 12, 2016
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A new study reveals an important discovery in the realm of nanomachines within living systems. Prof. Sason Shaik from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Dr. Kshatresh Dutta Dubey from Shiv Nadar University, conducted ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 7, 2023
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Instead of throwing away your broken boots or cracked toys, why not let them fix themselves? Researchers at the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering have developed 3-D-printed rubber materials that ...
Materials Science
Feb 5, 2019
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(Phys.org)—Researchers at Harvard University have begun testing a new way to get robots to jump higher. Instead of building stronger legs, or using compressed air, they are imbedding tubes in its legs that when filled with ...
Imagine smart materials that can morph from being stiff as wood to as soft as a sponge—and also change shape.
Materials Science
Mar 22, 2019
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Researchers have invented a new kind of artificial seed to sense environmental parameters without impacting the health of the environment.
Biotechnology
Nov 21, 2023
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Microplastics are found nearly everywhere on Earth and can be harmful to animals if they're ingested. But it's hard to remove such tiny particles from the environment, especially once they settle into nooks and crannies at ...
Nanophysics
Jun 22, 2022
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Researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering looked to origami to create new sensors that could someday be employed to detect deformations in organs and also for use in wearables and soft robotics.
Biotechnology
Aug 25, 2023
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