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View article: A Hermetic, Transparent Soft Growing Vine Robot System for Pipe Inspection
A Hermetic, Transparent Soft Growing Vine Robot System for Pipe Inspection Open
Rehabilitation of aging pipes requires accurate condition assessment and mapping far into the pipe interiors. Soft growing vine robot systems are particularly promising for navigating confined, sinuous paths such as in pipes, but are curre…
View article: Insect-scale jumping robots enabled by a dynamic buckling cascade
Insect-scale jumping robots enabled by a dynamic buckling cascade Open
Millions of years of evolution have allowed animals to develop unusual locomotion capabilities. A striking example is the legless-jumping of click beetles and trap-jaw ants, which jump more than 10 times their body length. Their delicate m…
View article: Hoxels: Fully 3-D Printed Soft Multi-Modal & Multi-Contact Haptic Voxel Displays for Enriched Tactile Information Transfer
Hoxels: Fully 3-D Printed Soft Multi-Modal & Multi-Contact Haptic Voxel Displays for Enriched Tactile Information Transfer Open
Wrist-worn haptic interfaces can deliver a wide range of tactile cues for communication of information and interaction with virtual objects. Unlike fingertips, the wrist and forearm provide a considerably large area of skin that allows the…
View article: Near Field Condensation
Near Field Condensation Open
Dropwise condensation represents the upper limit of condensation heat transfer. Promoting dropwise condensation relies on surface chemical functionalization, and is fundamentally limited by the maximum droplet departure size. A century of …
View article: Atmosphere‐Mediated Scalable and Durable Biphilicity on Rationally Designed Structured Surfaces
Atmosphere‐Mediated Scalable and Durable Biphilicity on Rationally Designed Structured Surfaces Open
Biphilic surfaces having spatially distinct wetting have the potential to enable a plethora of applications ranging from fog harvesting, microfluidics, advanced manufacturing, and pumpless fluid transfer. However, complex and costly fabric…