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Aug 6, 2024

Researchers Solve Long-Standing Challenge for Piezoelectric Materials

The discovery paves the way for new ultrasound technologies.
An F-14 jet fighter on an aircraft carrier deck beneath blue sky and clouds viewed from front.

Aug 5, 2024

Welding Metal Foam

At NC State, researchers are innovating how induction welding can be used to manufacture stronger and lighter aircraft wings or armor out of composite metal foam (CMF).
Transformer bots can form more than 1,000 shapes.

Jul 29, 2024

Shape-Shifting ‘Transformer Bots’ Inspired by Origami

A single plastic cubed structure can transform into more than 1,000 configurations using only three active motors.

Jul 10, 2024

Saul elected ASB President
Left: person wearing the fluid motor attached to artificial muscles. Center: artificial muscle lifts suitcase off the ground. Right: robotic leg attached to artificial muscle flexes its ankle.

Jul 1, 2024

Portable Engine Can Power Artificial Muscles in Assistive Devices

What sets the new engine apart is its ability to generate significant force without being tethered to an external power source.
image shows three different configurations of 3-D cubes

Jun 26, 2024

Mechanical Computer Relies On Kirigami Cubes, Not Electronics

The mechanical computer uses a complex structure of rigid, interconnected polymer cubes to store, retrieve and erase data without relying on electronic components.