This dual cross-linking design lets the muscle switch stiffness on demand. In lab tests, its stiffness jumps from about 213 kilopascals — soft, like rubber — to 292 megapascals, hundreds of times ...

Ever since riding into a party as Lady Godiva in 2001, Heidi Klum has enjoyed a long reign as the undisputed queen of Halloween.

Ms Sarah de Lagarde, who has a prosthetic leg and an AI bionic arm, advocates for train safety and healthcare innovation.

With a small arsenal of 3D printers in his lab, he thought what a good project it would be to print a functional rubber hand ...

Global sales of carbon fiber composites for prosthetics is estimated to be USD 301.7 million in 2025 and expected to reach a ...

Pop culture has often depicted robots as cold, metallic, and menacing, built for domination, not compassion. But at Georgia ...

A programmable metamaterial finger can lock into four positions without electronics. A simpler, more functional future for ...

Proliferating fleets of robots, diffusion of humanoids and the emerging robot class of androids will increase complexities of ...

One of the first real-world applications is a prosthetic glove powered by artificial muscles (published in ACS Nano, 2025), a device that behaves more like a helping hand than a mechanical tool.

Advanced prosthetics is part of the UK's fast-growing life sciences industry - and a 12-year-old girl from Wakefield is ...

NC State engineers are pioneering new ways to help those with disabilities and limb differences through clinical labs and ...