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3D reflectors help boost data rate in wireless communications

Soft robots use viscous fluids for complex motions

Image courtesy: Brett Sayles

Cornell to lead semiconductor research center

Courtesy: Charissa King-O'Brien, Cornell University

3D-printing robot can make construction more sustainable

Image courtesy: Brett Sayles

Mechanism ‘splits’ electron spins in magnetic material

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AI and Machine Learning

Physical systems perform machine-learning computations

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Micro-robots propelled by air bubbles, ultrasound

This magnified image shows aluminum deposited on carbon fibers in a battery electrode. The chemical bond makes the electrode thicker and its kinetics faster, resulting in a rechargeable battery that is safer, less expensive and more sustainable than lithium-ion batteries. Courtesy: Cornell University

Aluminum-anode batteries offer sustainable alternative

Cornell researchers in the Organic Robotics Lab designed a 3D-printed glove lined with stretchable fiber-optic sensors that use light to detect a range of deformations in real time. Courtesy: Cornell University

Vision and Discrete Sensors

Stretchable sensor gives robots and VR a human touch

Vision and Discrete Sensors

Nanoscale microscopic sensors see the light

A Cornell team led by Rob Shepherd, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, made a 3D-printed hand with hydraulically controlled fingers that can cool itself by sweating. Courtesy: Cornell University

Researchers create 3D-printed, sweating robot muscle

Courtesy: Chris Vavra, CFE Media

Zinc-anode batteries have high energy density, low cost