Power distribution units, pressure sensors, connector straps, and more.
A deep-learning technique optimizes the arrangement of sensors on a robot’s body to ensure efficient operation.
The soft robot harvests energy from a laser beam and can crawl on horizontal surfaces and climb vertical walls and an upside-down glass ceiling.
Learn about the batteries, skin sensors, flexible antennas, and other cutting-edge research coming from Penn State Engineering.
Water-sensing smartphone screens, a NASA-developed RF switch, and an ultrasound patch.
Ball screws are helping manufacturers meet the growing demand for fiber optic cables generated by 5G communications.
Automotive camera monitors, curved CMOS sensors, fiber lasers, and more.
Lithium batteries, compartment gaskets, chargers, and more.
Self-propelled nanobots that deliver drugs inside the human body...novel sensors that improve the safety and precision of industrial robots...a dynamic hydrogel material that makes building soft robotic...
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Researchers at North Carolina State University demonstrated a low-cost technique for retrieving — and then reusing — nanowires from electronic devices.
For decades, geared servo motors have been one of the most common tools in the industrial automation toolbox. Offering excellent performance for positioning, velocity matching, electronic camming,...
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Next-generation industrial, vision, medical, and other systems that depend on determinism seek to combine high-end graphics, rich user interfaces, Internet of Things (IoT), and cloud...
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A new generation of long-life electric linear actuators has emerged to give designers more flexibility.
Oscillatory and rotational motions of different parts are combined to pave the way to developing super-miniaturized mechanical devices.
Linear motion bearings, magnetic angle encoders, isolation valves, and more.
This artificial muscle technology enables more human-like motion.
RightHand Robotics combines machine vision with an intelligent gripper design to make more adaptable robots.
These common pneumatic circuits can be used alone or as building blocks in larger pneumatics systems.
This below-the-hook device enables gentle crane placement to decrease the risk of property damage.
Applications include vehicle and aircraft tires, sports helmets, military equipment, and seals and couplings.
Epoxies, reverse-engineering software, temperature loggers, and more.
This treatment has the potential to remove from drinking water nearly all viruses that have an “outer fortress.”
Applications include manned deep space exploration and terrestrial CO2 removal systems.
High-quality coated components can be integrated into complex systems in a sustainable way.
Chilled panels use less energy than conventional A/C and work in open spaces.
The robot firmly but gently grasps objects as small as 1 millimeter in diameter.
This novel gel-creation method could open applications in water filtration, batteries, and smart windows.
The solution increases water recovery, prevents mineral scaling, and cuts the volume of brines in half.
Applications include wind turbines, solar arrays, commercial space mobile launchers, and industrial process stacks and equipment.
