Scientists have developed a new material that can change from soft and stretchy to hard and rigid after exposure to a catalyst and visible light.

A team of researchers has created smart, advanced materials that will be the building blocks for a future generation of soft medical microrobots. These tiny robots have the potential to conduct ...

This had the effect of creating a semicrystalline polymer with similar attributes to rubber, forming a hard and rigid material. The areas not exposed to light, meanwhile, remained soft and stretchy.

Shape-Changing Polymer Could Advance Soft Robots, Artificial Muscles A new shape-changing polymer that can move in several directions could transform how soft materials are constructed.

3D-printed designs are usually limited to fast-drying polymers, but a new method enables wild, soft robotic possibilities.

Researchers have created soft, stretchable “jelly batteries” that have potential applications in wearable technology, soft robotics, and even brain implants for drug delivery or treating ...

After evaluating a dozen catalysts, they discovered one that produced a semicrystalline polymer resembling those in synthetic rubber when combined with their monomer and exposed to visible light. The ...

Tech & Science Grain-sized soft robots controlled by magnetic fields for targeted drug delivery The new grain-sized robot was designed using smart magnetic composite materials.

A team of University of Waterloo researchers has created smart, advanced materials that will be the building blocks for a future generation of soft medical microrobots.

Oct 13, 2022 'Smart plastic' material is step forward toward soft, flexible robotics and electronics (Nanowerk News) Inspired by living things from trees to shellfish, researchers at The University of ...