A foldable material that can change size, volume and shape
Imagine a house that could fit in a backpack or a wall that could become a window with the flick of a switch.
Mar 11, 2016
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Harvard University was established in 1636 and is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Harvard University is a private institution with an endowment of nearly $30 billion and annually attracts research grants from private and governmental sources. Harvard is divided into schools and research institutes. Among the most noteworthy for our purposes is the Harvard Medical School, Center for Astrophysics, Harvard School of Pubic Health, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. The Gazette publication covers Harvard as a whole. Each of the schools and institutes publish separate news releases and updates of their research, which may be accessed via their Web page. Media inquiries are welcome.
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Robotics
A rubber computer eliminates the last hard components from soft robots
A soft robot, attached to a balloon and submerged in a transparent column of water, dives and surfaces, then dives and surfaces again, like a fish chasing flies. Soft robots have performed this kind of trick before. But unlike ...
Mar 25, 2019
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Robotics
Versatile, portable exosuit assists with both walking and running
Between walking at a leisurely pace and running for your life, human gaits can cover a wide range of speeds. Typically, we choose the gait that allows us to consume the least amount of energy at a given speed. For example, ...
Aug 15, 2019
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Robotics
Using static electricity, RoboBees can land and stick to surfaces (w/ video)
Call them the RoboBats. In a recent article in Science, Harvard roboticists demonstrate that their flying microrobots, nicknamed the RoboBees, can now perch during flight to save energy - like bats, birds or butterflies.
May 19, 2016
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Engineering
300-year-old piston design reinvented with soft flexible materials
Since their invention in the late 1700s when French-born British physicist Denis Papin, the inventor of the pressure cooker, proposed the piston principle, pistons have been used to harness the power of fluids to perform ...
Jun 6, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
A new spin on an old technology cools air without adding humidity at a fraction of the energy cost
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the Earth's average temperature is rising—nine of the ten warmest years ever recorded in National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...
Apr 23, 2020
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Robotics
Snake-inspired robot slithers even better than predecessor
Bad news for ophiophobes: Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new and improved snake-inspired soft robot that is faster and more precise than its ...
Apr 19, 2019
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Robotics
Soft, multi-functional robots get really small
Roboticists are envisioning a future in which soft, animal-inspired robots can be safely deployed in difficult-to-access environments, such as inside the human body or in spaces that are too dangerous for humans to work, ...
Aug 6, 2018
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Engineering
Printing metal in midair: 3-D printing and laser annealing of conductive metallic inks without supports
"Flat" and "rigid" are terms typically used to describe electronic devices. But the increasing demand for flexible, wearable electronics, sensors, antennas and biomedical devices has led a team at Harvard's John A. Paulson ...
May 17, 2016
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Robotics
Wireless magnetic fields and actuator 'muscles' allow folding robots to move without batteries
The traditional Japanese art of origami transforms a simple sheet of paper into complex, three-dimensional shapes through a very specific pattern of folds, creases, and crimps. Folding robots based on that principle have ...
Jul 19, 2017
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