Bimorph-structured NIPA/NIPA–PMDP gel was fabricated from a NIPA gel containing a polymer surfactant (PMDP) by an electrophoretic method. The gel showed clearly bending motions when heating in 1 M ...

Auburn, MA – piezo ceramics specialist PI ceramic offers a new line of co-fired multilayer piezo bimorph actuators. Bimorph piezo actuators achieve a mechanical amplification effect by different ...

TDK HTI's BIMORPH µ-Actuators offer six degrees of motion micro-actuation performance, in an ultra-compact form factor, for augmented-reality devices and automotive HUD systems. According to TDK HTI, ...

ITHACA, N.Y. - An electricity-conducting, environment-sensing, shape-changing machine the size of a human cell? Is that even possible? Cornell University physicists Paul McEuen and Itai Cohen not only ...

Microscale machines – equipped with electronic, photonic and chemical payloads – could become a powerful platform for robotics at the size scale of biological microorganisms. * prototypes three times ...

Actuators that can convert various environmental stimuli to mechanical works have revealed great potential for developing smart devices such as soft robots, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), and ...

Physicists have created a tiny, shape-shifting robotic exoskeleton they believe could power electronics the size of a human cell. The exoskeleton is sensitive to changes in the temperature or chemical ...

Scientists are developing electricity-conducting, environment-sensing, and shape- changing robots the size of a human cell. Researchers at Cornell University in the US created a robot exoskeleton that ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

Robotics experts have made a robot exoskeleton that can rapidly change its shape upon sensing chemical or thermal changes in its environment. And, they claim, these microscale machines -- equipped ...