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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A new system enables makers to incorporate sensors into gears and other rotational mechanisms with just one pass in a 3D printer.
Blog: Power
The all-terrain walking mech’s aim is to give humans the size and strength of giants. It does just that — times 50.
Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Untethered soft robots are poised to become even more agile and controlled.
INSIDER: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The soft robotic models are patient-specific and could help clinicians zero in on the best implant for an individual.
Application Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This measurement technique is particularly useful for, but not limited to, samples containing organic compounds.
Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
See what's new on the market, including a pressure transmitter, a new pressure instrument, new confocal controller, and more.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This mechanism improves rotordynamic stability in turbomachinery.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Potential uses include MEMS accelerometers, vibration monitoring, and other precision motion control applications.
Briefs: Aerospace
The technology was developed as an alternative to existing options for in-space aeroponic food production applications.
Briefs: Tubing & Extrusion
The tool straightens thin, malleable 4-mm metal tubes like those used for fuel, pneumatic, or hydraulic pressurized lines.
Briefs: Packaging & Sterilization
To overcome the limitations of using cleaning agents, sprays, or bulky high-cost sterilizing systems, NASA developed the Ultraviolet Germicidal Door Handle.
Briefs: Aerospace
The tiny device accurately measures acceleration in smaller navigation systems and other devices.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Users can download the design files to 3D print and assemble a customizable peristaltic pump.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
A prototype version could be demonstrated on a large cargo lunar lander.
Technology & Society: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A zero-emission reusable stratospheric balloon developed by Urban Sky for remote sensing could one day be used for real-time wildfire monitoring.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
NASA is developing the next generation of spacesuits for future missions.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Researchers produced a soft, mechanical metamaterial that can “think” about how forces are applied to it and respond via programmed reactions.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Researchers designed a new type of soft robotic gripper that uses a collection of thin tentacles to entangle and ensnare objects.
Briefs: Medical
Researchers have developed a shape-shifting material that can take and hold any possible shape.
INSIDER: Design
Electrostatic actuators are simple and lightweight devices that emulate human muscles. However, their usage has primarily been restricted to moving small devices since they...
INSIDER: Materials
Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Elisa Riedo and her team have discovered a fundamental friction law that is leading to a deeper understanding of energy dissipation...
INSIDER: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) announced that it has developed a gripper capable of all gripping movements, inspired by elephant trunks. It mimics how elephants...
INSIDER: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
If you’ve ever played the claw game at an arcade, you know how hard it is to grab and hold onto objects using robotic grippers. Imagine how much more nerve-wracking that game would be if,...
Briefs: Materials
The soft and stretchable device converts movement into electricity and can work in wet environments.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This below-the-hook device enables gentle crane placement to decrease the risk of property damage.
Briefs: Motion Control
Oscillatory and rotational motions of different parts are combined to pave the way to developing super-miniaturized mechanical devices.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The integrated tool eliminates the need for manual operators or additional custom fixtures.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
The researchers created these sensing structures using just one material and a single run on a 3D printer.
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