ANTIOCH, Calif. — Nanomuscle Inc. has tapped the properties of shape-memory alloys to yield small actuators that it believes could address a large applications niche between macroscopic motors and ...

Water striders are fascinating to watch, as they scoot across the water while supported by surface tension. Scientists have now built a tiny robotic version of the insect, which utilizes a ...

Shape-memory metals, which can revert from one shape to a different one simply by being warmed or otherwise triggered, have been useful in a variety of applications, as actuators that can control the ...

Abstract: The return of commercial supersonic flight requires innovative solutions to be developed that meet noise and efficiency requirements for overland flight. To study such a possibility NASA is ...

A new soft-robotic wearable uses electronics and shape-memory alloy actuators to reduce hand oedema without clinic visits.

Researchers have developed new hair-thin actuator fiber that can pave way to build safer ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers from North Carolina State University have demonstrated miniature soft hydraulic actuators that can be used to control the deformation and motion of soft robots that are ...

Researchers at Tohoku University, working with international collaborators in France, have developed an ultrafine "soft yarn" actuator fiber capable of bending, contracting, and producing complex ...