To create a safer, more practical robot, Professor Ryan Truby and his team developed a soft, flexible actuator that enables robots to move by expanding and contracting—just like a human muscle.

Envisioning Engineering’s Future Dean Christopher Schuh and faculty leaders have spent the last year mapping out Northwestern Engineering’s future in research and education. The school’s new strategic ...

The center will bring together more than 60 faculty members across more than 10 departments in SAS, the Engineering School, and the Perelman School of Medicine to conduct interdisciplinary research.

But there is an expanding class of design challenges for things that incorporate soft materials—biological materials, engineered tissues, membranes, and even shape-shifting fluids that respond ...

In the Keplinger Research Group in the College of Engineering and Applied Science, we recently introduced a new type of artificial muscle that has potential to transform the field of soft robotics, as ...

Seniors in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder are designing a new soft robot to improve physicians’ ability to examine the deepest part of a patient’s lung.

SOFTSWISS, a global iGaming software provider, has hosted one of its largest internal developer conferences. The closed-door ...

It’s not all about technical content. A collaborative environment is required to build up vital soft skills such as co-operation and leadership, writes Sarah Hitt, Full Professor in Engineering ...

An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham has developed a new method of surface engineering polymer soft-materials that has potential to accelerate ...

Multi-disciplinary engineering contractor Spencer Group has been recognised for its dedication to employee wellbeing, social ...