Is It a Material? Is It a Robot? It's Both!

Engineers have created a type of material that can expand, assume new shapes, move, and follow electromagnetic commands like a remotely controlled robot even though it lacks any motor or internal gears.

A Compact, Mid-Infrared Pulse Generator

Physicists in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have created a compact laser that emits extremely bright, short pulses of light in a useful but...

Knowing the Right Trigger Strategy Ensures Capture of High-Speed Application With Precision

In the field of technical imaging, the term “trigger” is often used synonymously with the term frame-synchronization (or f-sync) signal. In the...

Tying Overlapping Laser Beams into Stable 'Optical Knots'

A beam of light doesn’t sound like a material that can create a knot. Until now.

The Growing Impact of Cybersecurity on Patient Safety in Medical Devices

The growing impact of medical device cybersecurity on patient safety.

This Tiny Robot Could Save Your Life One Day

A tiny, soft, flexible robot that can crawl through earthquake rubble or travel inside the human body may seem like science fiction, but a team is pioneering such adaptable robots by integrating flexible electronics with magnetically controlled motion.

Engineering the EL9: Electra's Ultra Short Hybrid-Electric Aircraft

Marc Allen, CEO of Electra, is the guest on this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast.

RoboBee Comes in for a Landing

The Harvard RoboBee has long shown it can fly, dive, and hover like a real insect. But what good is the miracle of flight without a safe way to land? A storied engineering achievement by the Harvard...

Engineering a Robot That Can Jump 10 Feet High — Without Legs

Inspired by the movements of a tiny parasitic worm, Georgia Tech engineers have created a 5-inch soft robot that can jump as high as a basketball hoop. Their device, a silicone...

Tiny, Soft Robot Flexes Its Potential as a Life Saver

A tiny, soft, flexible robot that can crawl through earthquake rubble to find trapped victims or travel inside the human body to deliver medicine may seem like science fiction, but an...

A Better Magnetoreceptive E-Skin

A research team has developed an electronic skin that detects and precisely tracks magnetic fields with a single global sensor. Read on to learn more.

My Opinion: Sometimes, When Competitors Collaborate, Everybody Wins

How can competitors both win when working together? Read on to find out SAE Media Group's Ed Brown's opinion on the matter.

Hopping Robots to Traverse Challenging Terrain

The hopping robot, which is smaller than a human thumb and weighs less than a paperclip, has a springy leg that propels it off the ground and four flapping-wing modules that give it lift and control its orientation.

Defining the Use Case for Future Military Electric Vehicles

Mark Findlay, CEO, Drive System Design, is the guest on this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast.

How Much Do You Know About Electrical Equipment in Hazardous Locations?

This is critically important knowledge for all engineers and designers. How much do you know about electrical equipment in hazardous locations? Test your knowledge with this quiz.

Electronics-Free Robots Straight from the 3D Printer

Imagine a robot that can walk, without electronics, and only with the addition of a cartridge of compressed gas, right off the 3D-printer. It can also be printed in one go, from one material. That is exactly what roboticists have achieved in robots developed at the University of California San Diego.