As one of the most mature applications of ferrofluid, the pole shoes of a ferrofluid seal are easily damaged under the situation of the large radial beating of the main shaft. Meanwhile, due to the ...

In this study, we propose a soft pneumatic gripper that uses a tendon-driven soft origami pump. The gripper consists of three pneumatic soft actuators that are controlled by a tendon-driven origami ...

The rationale for including an extra linear motor—in addition to the manually controlled Sutter manipulator, as well as an internal digitizer, in addition to the traditional external digitizer—is to ...

Being nimble and quick isn’t about fun and games for Jack Piper. It’s serious business for the engineering manager at Ridgeline Pipe Manufacturing in Eugene, Ore., because it’s his job to squeeze ...