Robot arms with the flexibility of an elephant’s trunk
Artificial muscles capable of manipulating large grippers or tiny endoscopesCredit: Credit: Oliver Dietze Unlike conventional robot arms with their hinged ...
Tag: Mechanical Engineering
Vice-Rector Danis Nurgaliev receives Russian Government Prize in Science and Technology
The award was given for a new complex of wide range spectral noise logging. The ceremony was held in the ...
New wheel units could bring vehicle costs down
Credit: University of Waterloo Vehicles could be affordably produced for a wide variety of specialized purposes using a sophisticated wheel ...
Lightweight metal foams become bone hard and explosion proof after being nanocoated
Hannover MesseCredit: Credit: Oliver Dietze Strong enough not only for use in impact protection systems in cars, but able to ...
New technology accelerates the science of deceleration
Researchers look at ways to improve standard braking systemsCredit: UBC Okanagan While it's not a case of reinventing the wheel, ...
Touchscreens go 3D with buttons that pulsate and vibrate under your fingertips
Hannover MesseCredit: Credit: Oliver Dietze By pulsing or vibrating on demand, smartphone screens can help users navigate through a menu ...
NSF International and NEHA to host Legionella Conference 2019
Conference organizers seek oral and poster presentations on water conservation, Legionella outbreak prevention and related public health topics NSF International ...
UTA researcher earns grants to control ultrasound waves for detecting structural damage
Damage detectionCredit: UT Arlington Haiying Huang, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington, ...
Researchers create nano-bot to probe inside human cells
Magnetic 'tweezers' developed by U of T Engineering researchers could help diagnose and fight cancerCredit: Courtesy of Xian Wang / ...
Fuel cell vehicles: New sensor system safeguards fuel quality at hydrogen filling stations
Hannover MesseCredit: Oliver Dietze Fuel cell vehicles need hydrogen to operate, but that hydrogen has to be free of any ...
New method to assess platelet health could help ER doctors
Credit: Kiyomi Taguchi/University of Washington Emergency room doctors often have only a few minutes to determine which patients are in ...
At 3,836 mph, which way does the air flow?
University at Buffalo engineer laying groundwork for quieter, more efficient and safer supersonic flightCredit: James Chen/University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. ...
Research team uses artificial muscles to develop an air conditioner for the future
Hannover MesseCredit: Credit: Oliver Dietze It can be used to cool or heat the air in a room or to ...
Researchers of Russia and Finland to create a unique wind turbine for the Arctic
Researchers develop energy-efficient installations based on the use of wind power to supply consumers in the ArcticCredit: https://pixabay.com/ (free) Peter ...
UTA civil engineer would fuse data methods to determine more accurate numbers
Bicycle dataCredit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington civil engineering assistant professor is exploring data fusion techniques that ...
With NSF grant, SLU engineer brings STEM to the visually impaired
Credit: Saint Louis University / Ellen Hutti ST. LOUIS - As educational materials increasingly become digitized, the inability to read ...
Zero-emission diesel combustion using a non-equilibrium-plasma-assisted MnO2 filter
Credit: Kanazawa University Diesel engines are widely used in agricultural machinery, vehicles, and ships because of their high thermal efficiency. ...
Engineers develop inexpensive, smart stop sign to improve driver safety
Credit: Video courtesy of UTSA (San Antonio, Mar. 6, 2019) - It's dark on the backroad as a motorist speeds ...
Successful development of high-performance color filter-free image sensor by DGIST
The image sensor used currently contains a color filter to accurately take the photo of an object. However, it has ...
Mini cheetah is the first four-legged robot to do a backflip
Robot's lightweight, high-power design is the perfect platform to share and play, developers sayCredit: Photo: Bryce Vickmark MIT's new mini ...
