Max Planck researchers have developed self-propelled tiny ‘microbots’ that can remove lead or organic pollutions from contaminated water.
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Soft Robotics for Physical Therapies
Researchers in Singapore have developed a strain-sensing actuator for rehabilitation and diagnostic devices for patient mobility and dexterity.
ABB’s largest ever robot
ABB introduced its highest payload, multipurpose industrial robot, IRB 8700.
Dolls, robots and dinosaurs: 3D printing system for kids
Mattel is introducing a 3D printing system of mobile app plus printer to produce toys.
Robot grippers that can mimic human hand function
Swiss researchers have used polymer actuators to create a two-fingered robotic gripper that can pick up objects of arbitrary shape, weight or deformability.
Bioinspired swimming and walking hydrogel mini-robots
Underwater actuator devices with a range of motion, including swimming and walking, are demonstrated via laser-control of density of composite hydrogels.
Auxetics could provide soft actuation for robotics
A new class of soft actuators based on the auxetic behavior of patterned cylindrical shells containing a layout of voids that can be designed to reversibly achieve flexural or twisting motion is presented.
Self-healing materials for soft robotic applications
Nadia Cheng and colleagues present a novel thermally tunable composite that can achieve significant ranges of stiffness, strength, and volume.
Artificial muscle for biomimetic soft robotics
A soft laminate simultaneously functions as a high-efficiency bending actuator and a high-efficiency open-air supercapacitor.
Porous microrobots born of lasers
Microrobots offer huge potential in medicine, particularly in the field of drug delivery.
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