A circular economy involves maintaining manufactured products in circulation, distributing resource and environmental costs over time and with repeated use. In a linear supply chain, manufactured ...

Scientists are one step closer to artificial muscles. Orthotics have come a long way, yet innovation lapsed when it came to compensating for muscle power -- until now. A collaborative research team ...

Abstract: Absolute testing separates the reference surface error from the test surface error in Fizeau interferometry. To resolve high-spatial-frequency components in ...

Abstract: Soft actuators are safer than rigid robots for hand rehabilitation, yet their performance can be significantly affected by interactions that occur on multi-joint systems. Actuator–finger and ...