Bioinspired auxetic triboelectric nanogenerator utilizes negative Poisson’s ratio to resolve interfacial mechanical mismatch. A “conformal self-adaptation” mechanism via synclastic curvature maximizes ...
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MIT’s hydrogel tendons boost biohybrid robot power by 30x

“Muscles never clamp directly onto bone.” This anatomical truth, as simple as it sounds, has become the blueprint for a leap ...
Implantable electronics can be used to continuously monitor and modulate electrophysiological signals. However, the mechanical mismatch between conventional rigid electronic components and soft ...
Robots, prosthetics, and other machines gain sensory functions when equipped with electronic skins (e-skins) or flexible pressure sensors 1,2,3,4,5,6, which play the role of mechanoreceptors in human ...