Researchers have developed an AI control system that enables soft robotic arms to learn a wide repertoire of motions and ...

Reconfigurable structures that can repeatedly change their three-dimensional shape without manual intervention represent a ...

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This atomistic model showing the coexistence of two solid phases of NiTi: austenite (blue), stable at higher temperatures, and martensite (brown), stable at lower temperatures. The martensite region ...

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A team of researchers from the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are turning to shape metal alloys (SMAs) to mitigate the damage that commonly occurs with ...

Abstract: Hysteresis is the key factor affecting the positioning accuracy of the magnetic shape memory alloy-based actuator (M-BA). In this paper, we investigate the finite-iteration tracking control ...

Raychem Corp. was a pioneer in the development of shape-memory alloys for industrial and aerospace applications, including one of the earliest uses of nitinol. But in 1996, Raychem sought to divest ...

Can the Thermal Properties of Shape Memory Alloys be adjusted for Heating and Cooling Applications? Thermal parameters, especially thermal expansion, play a key role in the performance of shape memory ...

Abstract: This study proposes a novel lightweight robotic gripper with a high-payload capacity using shape-memory-alloy (SMA) actuators and a self-locking mechanism. The multi-joint fingers of the ...

A study led by Tohoku University, Iwate University, The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), National Astronomical Observation of Japan, Tokyo City University, and Kyoto University developed a ...