The flexible material acts as an “artificial muscle,” enabling robots to move more naturally and safely than traditional ...

A major advancement in structural adhesives for the automotive industry has been developed by researchers at Nagoya University. This next-generation adhesive promises to revolutionize material bonding ...

Researchers developed a soft robotic skin that enables vine robots that are just a few millimeters wide to navigate ...

The next generation of soft robots might be folding and sliding as effortlessly as living tissue, say a team of engineers who ...

Elastomer electrolytes might be the answer to safe lithium-metal batteries, according to researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Batteries using lithium metal anodes rather than lithium ...

Strain-induced crystallization can strengthen, toughen, and facilitate an elastocaloric effect in elastomers. The resulting crystallinity can be induced by mechanical stretching in common elastomers ...

HOUSTON—The 2021 Buick GL6 features the first commercial application of Kraton Corp.'s injection-molded soft skin technology in an automotive application. Released by SAIC-GM in China last November, ...

TPEs, a varied class of compounds that are easier and greener to process than thermosets, are gaining acceptance in industries including automotive and medical. Thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) are ...

AKRON—Registration is open for the International Elastomer Conference, set for Oct. 4-7 in Pittsburgh. Hosted by the ACS Rubber Division, the event is intended to bring the industry together for ...

There are already several suspension handlebar stems that incorporate a linkage, which allows the bars to move vertically relative to the steerer tube. The Hammerhead360 is different, though, in that ...