Usually created from highly compliant, often bio-inspired materials, soft microrobots occupy a fascinating sub-field of robotics. With their flexibility and adaptability, they find deployment in an ...

The integration of graphene into organic films is an effective strategy for creating nimble electrical microactuators. Electrical microactuators have particularly promising applications in biology, ...

Reconfigurable structures that can repeatedly change their three-dimensional shape without manual intervention represent a long-standing goal in microscale engineering. A new origami-inspired ...

Technology Innovation and Innovation on Demand have been granted a US patent for “Wireless Technique for Microactivation”. It relates to microactuators or tiny devices that can be operated wirelessly ...

Human tissues experience a variety of mechanical stimuli that can affect their ability to carry out their physiological functions, such as protecting organs from injury. The controlled application of ...