Category: polymer

MIT’s sensor-packed glove helps AI identify objects by touch

Post author By Randall
Post date May 30, 2019
Categories In Ai, conductive thread, data, gear, glove, grip, hand, handle, identification, low cost, mit, neural network, polymer, pressure sensor, prosthetic, robotics, Robots, scalable tactile glove, sensors, stag, Tech, tomorrow, weight

[ad_1] The “scalable tactile glove,” or STAG, is a simple knit glove packed with more than 550 tiny sensors. The researchers wore STAG while handling 26 different objects — including a soda can, scissors, tennis ball, spoon, pen and a mug. As they did, the sensors gathered pressure-signal data, which was interpreted by a neural […]

Self-healing 3D-printed gel has a future in robots and medicine

Post author By Randall
Post date March 22, 2019
Categories In 3dprinting, brown university, hydrogel, material, microfluidic, polymer, Research, robotics, Robots, soft robot, Tech, tomorrow
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[ad_1] The 3D-printed hydrogel is a dual polymer that’s capable of bending, twisting or sticking together when treated with certain chemicals. One polymer has covalent bonds, which provide strength and structural integrity. The other polymer has ionic bonds, which allow more dynamic behaviors like bending and self-adhesion. Together, the polymers create a material that is […]