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April 02, 2015

Soft, energy-efficient robotic wings
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 02, 2015
Dielectric elastomers are novel materials for making actuators or motors with soft and lightweight properties that can undergo large active deformations with high-energy conversion efficiencies. This has made dielectric elastomers popular for creating devices such as robotic hands, soft robots, tunable lenses and pneumatic valves - and possibly flapping robotic wings. Reporting this week in the journal Applied Physics Letters, from AIP Publishing, researchers from the Harbin Institute of Technolog ... read more

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Soyuz Installed at Baikonur, Expected to Launch Wednesday

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