Water-lubricated bearings have great advantages in the application of ship tail bearings due to the characteristics of green, pollution-free, and sustainable. However, the poor wettability of water-lu...
(Nanowerk News) In a study published recently in Advanced Intelligent Systems("An Electric Self-Sensing and Variable-Stiffness Artificial Muscle"), researchers from Queen Mary University of London hav...
Bilateral rehabilitation systems with bilateral or unilateral assistive robots have been developed for hemiplegia patients to recover their one-side paralysis. However, the compliant robotic assistanc...
(Nanowerk News) A robot nicknamed ‘Morphobot' (M4), designed to travel over various terrains on land and in the air by transforming its appendages between wheels, propellors, legs, and hands, is descr...
Inspired by cicada wings, a flexible film with self-cleaning and broadband antireflection properties was fabricated with a rapid, straight forward and cost-effective method. The cicada wing was select...