What if a soft material could move on its own, guided not by electronics or motors, but by the kind of rudimentary chemical ...

Two physicists at the University of Stuttgart have proven that the Carnot principle, a central law of thermodynamics, does ...

How linear, rotary, reciprocating and oscillating motion are evolving as customization grows and new capabilities emerge.

Balazs says that the result is “a material that can take in a chemical and turn it into mechanical work, like eating a ...

Efficiently integrating multiple axes of motion within limited spatial and mechanical constraints remains a significant challenge for machine designers. Leveraging compact servo drives with real-time ...

Generating mechanical motion in crystals using light or heat has increasingly become the focus of materials scientists. However, the conventional mechanism employed for the purpose produces slow ...

Riley McGill is undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering. She is working on research in the Animal Inspired Motion and Robotics Lab (AIMRL). I had the opportunity to work in the Animal Inspired ...