Using a dual-material fiber that consists of a stiff Kevlar core and a surrounding shell of liquid crystal elastomer (LCE), ...
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US’ heat-activated knot robots leap hundreds of times their height without electronics
Researchers at Penn Engineering have turned a common nuisance—a knotted string—into a high-performance, heat-activated ...
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Tiny, knotted robots jump, fly and plant seeds
When a knot lets go, it doesn't just fall apart. It snaps. That simple observation led Penn Engineers to rethink what a knot ...
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