New material provides breakthrough in 'softbotics'

New material provides breakthrough in 'softbotics'

Carnegie Mellon University engineers have developed a soft material with metal-like conductivity and self-healing properties that is the first to maintain enough electrical adhesion to support digital electronics and motors. ...

Engineering breakthrough in softbotics

Introducing the first soft material that can maintain a high enough electrical adhesion to support power hungry devices.

New material provides breakthrough in ‘softbotics’

Robotic snail powered by breakthrough self-healing, electrically conductive materials. Credit: Carnegie Mellon University School of Engineering Carnegie Mellon University engineers have developed a delicate materials with metal-like conductivity and self-healing properties that’s the first to take care of sufficient electrical adhesion to help digital electronics and motors. This advance, printed in Nature Electronics, marks a breakthrough in…