SMART-Lab

Researchers are developing a robot that is modeled on sea snails. Thanks to specially aligned liquid crystal molecules ...

Wissenschaftler haben einen gelartigen Roboter entwickelt, der sich ohne äußeren Antrieb unter Wasser fortbewegt und ...

Wissenschaftler haben einen gelartigen Roboter entwickelt, der sich ohne äußeren Antrieb unter Wasser fortbewegt und ...

A robot made from gel bends in response to light, allowing for a wide variety of motions...

Forscher am Max-Planck-Institut für Intelligente Systeme in Stuttgart haben in Zusammenarbeit mit der Universität Tampere ...

Onderzoekers van het Max-Planck-Institut für Intelligente Systeme in Stuttgart hebben in samenwerking met de Finse Universiteit ...

Making an untethered soft construct that can easily change its shape and move around freely inside water is a challenging ...

Forscher am Max-Planck-Institut für Intelligente Systeme in Stuttgart haben in Zusammenarbeit mit der Universität Tampere in Finnland ....

Snail-o-bot constructed from liquid crystal and modeled on aquatic invertebrates...

Material inspired by sea slugs could find use in soft robots...

A new light-responsive material could help soft robots move around underwater without requiring bulky frames and on-board power ...

Researchers report a liquid crystal gel capable of generating underwater movement in response to light. The locomotion of ...

Dr. Hamed Shahsavan receives a prestigious Postdoctoral Fellowship from the NSERC ...

Recent PhD graduate Dr. Hamed Shahsavan has received an Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Studies award ...

The image was taken using a field emission scanning electron microscope (SEM). It shows three colonies of Staphylococcus ...

The ability of geckos to climb on surfaces is mainly pegged on their adhesive toe pads. The pads are designed with ...

University of Waterloo engineers used the gecko for inspiration when inventing a device with potential applications in ...

The brainchild of Hamed Shahsavan, a PhD student supervised by Zhao, in collaboration with professor Antal Jakli and ...

Active control of adhesion by mimicking the smart and switchable properties of gecko toe pads can make the gripping, ...

Every year the Nano Ontario conference features work from leading researchers through posters and oral presentations. The ...