Search results for soft robotics

Polymers Apr 29, 2024

Scientists develop strong yet reusable adhesive from smart materials

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a smart, reusable adhesive more than 10 times stronger than a gecko's feet adhesion, pointing the way for development of reusable ...

Nanomaterials Apr 11, 2024

Laser-patterned thin films that swell into kirigami-like structures offer new opportunities in hydrogel technology

New options for making finely structured soft, flexible and expandable materials called hydrogels have been developed by researchers at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT).

Materials Science May 24, 2024

Droplets that swim toward dissolution could inspire fluid microbots

Researchers discovered that microscopic liquid droplets swim toward solvent conditions that favor their dissolution. This mechanism may underlie some transport processes within living cells, and could be exploited to develop ...

Bio & Medicine May 6, 2024

Self-adaptive system for temperature control: A dynamically controllable strategy for healing wound tissue

Skin functions as a sophisticated sensorial system in the human body, capable not only of detecting environmental stimuli—such as temperature, pressure, strain, and vibration—but also of actively responding to these changes. ...

General Physics Apr 2, 2024

Physicists create new method to systematically determine efficient search strategies

Researchers at TU Darmstadt have now presented an approach in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) that can be used to systematically determine efficient search strategies. It could help to intelligently ...

General Physics Apr 2, 2024

Physicist create new method to systematically determine efficient search strategies

Researchers at TU Darmstadt have now presented an approach in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) that can be used to systematically determine efficient search strategies. It could help to intelligently ...

Robotics Sep 19, 2017

Soft robotics: self-contained soft actuator three times stronger than natural muscle, without the need of externals

Researchers at Columbia Engineering have solved a long-standing issue in the creation of untethered soft robots whose actions and movements can help mimic natural biological systems. A group in the Creative Machines lab led ...

Engineering Jun 28, 2016

Engineers create a soft motor that could power versatile soft robots

A small, squishy vehicle equipped with soft wheels rolls over rough terrain and runs under water.

Robotics Sep 19, 2014

Soft robotics 'toolkit' features everything a robot-maker needs

A new resource unveiled today by researchers from several Harvard University labs in collaboration with Trinity College Dublin provides both experienced and aspiring researchers with the intellectual raw materials needed ...

Nanomaterials Oct 23, 2023

Scientists demonstrate the transport of light cargo using tethered and untethered soft robots made from hydrogels

A team of University of Waterloo researchers has created smart, advanced materials that will be the building blocks for a future generation of soft medical microrobots. They published their results in Nature Communications. ...

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