Using a dual-material fiber that consists of a stiff Kevlar core and a surrounding shell of liquid crystal elastomer (LCE), ...

A 301 mg soft robot jumps continuously under constant light without batteries or electronics, using snap-through buckling and self-shadowing to create an autonomous feedback loop. (Nanowerk Spotlight) ...

A knot doesn't just fall apart, it snaps. Engineers harnessed that energy release to create tiny soft robots that leap meters high, flip, spin or glide. (Nanowerk News) When a knot lets go, it doesn’t ...

Micro-jumping robots offer unique advantages in scenarios such as confined space exploration and post-disaster search and rescue. However, traditional designs have consistently faced two major ...

However, if the elasticity and material are carefully selected, the knot itself becomes an active system, explains Shu Ya ...

When a knot lets go, it doesn't just fall apart. It snaps. That simple observation led Penn Engineers to rethink what a knot can do. Instead of treating it as something that holds tension, they asked ...

When a knot lets go, it doesn’t just fall apart. It snaps. That simple observation led Penn Engineers to rethink what a knot can do. Instead of treating it as something that holds tension, they asked ...