Tag: Engineering
Shape-shifting robot inspired by insect swarms and tree roots is teaching itself to mark contamination zones
Loopy, a multicellular robot at the center of research in the WVU Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, could fundamentally alter understanding of autonomy, adaptability and design…
Korean researchers develop portable system that harvests water from air
An eco-friendly diatomite filter and electron microscope images showing the filtration of polystyrene particles with sizes of 1.1 μm and 100 nm. Credit: Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM)…
Innovating firefighting technology with smart solutions to enhance urban resilience
Data management and interoperation of tunnel fire digital twin system. Credit: 2024 Research and Innovation Office, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. All Rights Reserved. The increase in high-rise and densely…
Researchers use large language models to flag problems in complex systems
The new method could someday help alert technicians to potential problems in equipment like wind turbines or satellites. Credit: MIT News Identifying one faulty turbine in a wind farm, which…
Engineers make tunable, shape-changing metamaterial inspired by vintage toys
The undeployed metamaterial (left) gains strength and form when deployed (center), with the ability to return to its limp state (right). Credit: Wenzhong Yan/UCLA Common push puppet toys in the…
NASA furthers aeronautical innovation using model-based systems
An artist’s concept of the X-66 aircraft Boeing will produce through NASA’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project. The aircraft, designed to prove the concept of more aerodynamic, fuel-efficient transonic truss-braced wings,…
A flapping microrobot inspired by the wing dynamics of rhinoceros beetles
Credit: Phan et al. The wing dynamics of flying animal species have been the inspiration for numerous flying robotic systems. While birds and bats typically flap their wings using the…
Engineers explore cellulose nanofibrils to enhance 3D-printed concrete
Ugur Kilic, a University of Virginia civil engineering Ph.D. student, keeps an eye on the concrete printer in Professor Osman Ozbulut’s lab at UVA in this 2022 photo. Credit: Tom…
