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EML Webinar by Chiara Daraio on Mechanics of Robotic Matter

Stretchable LED and temperature sensors

Engineers Create Artificial Skin That Feels Temperature Changes


Chiara Daraio, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics, and colleagues have developed an artificial skin capable of detecting temperature changes using a mechanism similar to the one used by the organ that allows pit vipers to sense their prey. [Caltech story]

Microstructure to Control Elasticity in 3D Printing

EAS Steps Forward: Mechanics of Robotic Matter

Soft robots propelled by bistable structures

Bionic Materials with a Giant Temperature Response

Carbon Nanotubes-based energy absorbing foams