New laws in California and New York might stop anyone from 3D printing guns — and create entirely new kinds of surveillance.

AI is transforming 3D printing by making design as intuitive as conversation, shifting the industry's focus to seamless ...

Such was the case when Jack Parn and Diego Ugaz. We found them on Instagram going by biy_buildityourself where they had nearly 30,000 followers who liked watching them do cool car stuff. As Parn told ...

Origami-inspired mechanisms can transform flexible sheets into lightweight and efficient structures. Inspired by curved-crease origami, here, we design a deployable tubular structure featuring ...

Soft tactile sensors (STSs) combine the flexibility and the converting ability between mechanical forces and electrical signals. 4D printing was first introduced in 2013, and attracted great interest ...

Developing high-strength continuum robots can be challenging without compromising on the overall size of the robot, the complexity of design and the range of motion. In this work, we explore how the ...

What’s not to love about animatronics? Just peel back any puppet’s silicone skin to uncover a cluster of mechatronic wizardry that gives it a life on the big screen. I’ve been hunting online for a ...