Engineering

Heavier electric trucks could strain New York City's roads and bridges, study warns
New York City's roads and bridges already incur millions in annual damage from oversized trucks,... Read more
3D-printed twisting material offers adaptable impact protection for vehicles
A new form of 3D-printed twisting metamaterial which can mitigate the effects of impact could... Read more
A flexible lens controlled by light-activated artificial muscles promises to let soft machines see
Inspired by the human eye, our biomedical engineering lab at Georgia Tech has designed an... Read more
AI-guided drones use 3D printing to build structures in hard-to-reach places
Disaster has just struck, roads are inaccessible, and people need shelter now. Rather than wait... Read more
AI bots could match scientist-level design problem solving
Engineers at Duke University have constructed a group of AI bots that together can solve... Read more
Harnessing disorder: Metamaterials researchers achieve static mechanical cloaking and camouflage
A new collaborative study between IMDEA Materials Institute, China's Northwestern Polytechnical University, the Chinese Academy... Read more
Moth-like drone navigates autonomously without AI
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati are developing a drone with flapping wings that can... Read more
Liquid crystal inclusions enhance artificial muscles for robots
An international team led by researchers at the University of Waterloo has developed a new... Read more
Secret QR codes and hidden warnings: 3D printing technique allows precise control of material properties, point by point
3D printing is extremely practical when you want to produce small quantities of customized components.... Read more
Student engineers test rubble from destroyed buildings to help rebuild Ukraine
A team of UBC Okanagan students has shown that recycling rubble from destroyed buildings can... Read more
Microgrippers successfully developed to handle sub-millimeter-sized, complex objects
Miniaturized electronics and intricate objects require a certain finesse. Researchers have looked into the development... Read more
Researchers develop 3D printed antenna arrays for flexible wireless systems
Washington State University-led researchers have developed a chip-sized processor and 3D printed antenna arrays that... Read more
Paper-thin magnetic muscles bring origami robots to life for medical use
A new 3D printing technique can create paper-thin "magnetic muscles," which can be applied to... Read more
AI trained robots, drones, team up with emergency rescue
In a simulated natural disaster, robotic drones from the University of Maryland's RoboScout Team arrived... Read more
Structuring and polishing hard material components with laser pulses in a single clamping operation
Tools made of hard materials and ceramics such as tungsten carbide are particularly wear-resistant. However,... Read more