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March 9, 2020
Researchers are developing a robot that is modeled on sea snails. Thanks to specially aligned liquid crystal molecules ...
March 7, 2020
Wissenschaftler haben einen gelartigen Roboter entwickelt, der sich ohne äußeren Antrieb unter Wasser fortbewegt und ...
March 3, 2020
March 1, 2020
A robot made from gel bends in response to light, allowing for a wide variety of motions...
February 26, 2020
Forscher am Max-Planck-Institut für Intelligente Systeme in Stuttgart haben in Zusammenarbeit mit der Universität Tampere in Finnland ....
Making an untethered soft construct that can easily change its shape and move around freely inside water is a challenging ...
Onderzoekers van het Max-Planck-Institut für Intelligente Systeme in Stuttgart hebben in samenwerking met de Finse Universiteit ...
Forscher am Max-Planck-Institut für Intelligente Systeme in Stuttgart haben in Zusammenarbeit mit der Universität Tampere ...
February 25, 2020
A new light-responsive material could help soft robots move around underwater without requiring bulky frames and on-board power ...
Material inspired by sea slugs could find use in soft robots...
Snail-o-bot constructed from liquid crystal and modeled on aquatic invertebrates...
February 23, 2020
Researchers report a liquid crystal gel capable of generating underwater movement in response to light. The locomotion of ...
June 21, 2018
Dr. Hamed Shahsavan receives a prestigious Postdoctoral Fellowship from the NSERC ...
June 16, 2017
Recent PhD graduate Dr. Hamed Shahsavan has received an Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Studies award ...
May 19, 2017
The image was taken using a field emission scanning electron microscope (SEM). It shows three colonies of Staphylococcus ...
May 14, 2017
The ability of geckos to climb on surfaces is mainly pegged on their adhesive toe pads. The pads are designed with ...
March 9, 2017
University of Waterloo engineers used the gecko for inspiration when inventing a device with potential applications in ...
December 15, 2016
The brainchild of Hamed Shahsavan, a PhD student supervised by Zhao, in collaboration with professor Antal Jakli and ...
November 22, 2016
Active control of adhesion by mimicking the smart and switchable properties of gecko toe pads can make the gripping, ...
April 20, 2014
Every year the Nano Ontario conference features work from leading researchers through posters and oral presentations. The ...
August 4, 2011
Congratulations to Hamed Shahsavan, University of Waterloo, Canada, for winning a Journal of Materials Chemistry poster ...