If your hand lotion is a bit runnier than usual coming out of the bottle, it might have something to do with the goop's "mechanical memory." Soft gels and lotions are made by mixing ingredients until ...
Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and their collaborators have created a new class of programmable soft materials that can absorb impacts like never before, while also ...
Understanding how soft materials fail under stress is critical for solving engineering challenges as disparate as pharmaceutical technology and landslide prevention. A new study linking a spectrum of ...
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Advancing soft robotics through 3D printing materials
Soft robotics has emerged as a transformative branch of robotics, distinguished by its reliance on highly compliant materials ...
(Nanowerk Spotlight) Soft materials such as polymers, rubbers, and hydrogels play a significant role in your everyday life. From your car's tires to the elastic in your favorite loungewear, from ...
Cutting soft materials is a complex process governed by the interplay of bulk large deformation, interfacial soft fracture, and contact forces with the cutting tool. Existing experimental ...
Scientists who want to build robots from soft materials have long favored hydrogels to serve as artificial muscles in the machines. But these materials usually can’t muster the strength of real ...
Innovations in soft materials design and engineering are delivering promising functional components for advanced soft robotic applications. The establishment of safe and straightforward interactions ...
Plants and animals can rapidly respond to changes in their environment, such as a Venus flytrap snapping shut when a fly touches it. However, replicating similar actions in soft robots requires ...
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Rowan University advances soft robotics education
In the public imagination, robots are often envisioned as rigid, metallic constructs—towering Transformers, Pixar’s WALL-E, ...
Northwestern Engineering researchers have developed a theoretical model to design soft materials that demonstrate autonomous oscillating properties that mimic biological functions. The work could ...
Plants and animals can rapidly respond to changes in their environment, such as a Venus flytrap snapping shut when a fly touches it. However, replicating similar actions in soft robots requires ...
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