mechanical and aerospace engineering
![Left: person wearing the fluid motor attached to artificial muscles. Center: artificial muscle lifts suitcase off the ground. Right: robotic leg attached to artificial muscle flexes its ankle.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Su-tetherless-robot-2024-HEADER-scaled.jpg)
Portable Engine Can Power Artificial Muscles in Assistive Devices
![image shows three different configurations of 3-D cubes](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Yin-mechanical-computer-HEADER.jpg)
Mechanical Computer Relies On Kirigami Cubes, Not Electronics
![a man runs across a green lawn wearing a robotic exoskeleton that attaches to his waist, hips and knees](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Hao-Su-exoskeleton-HEADER.jpg)
AI-Powered Simulation Training Improves Human Performance in Robotic Exoskeletons
![time lapsed photo shows a soft robot tendril lowering, wrapping around a tube, and lifting it into the air](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Yin-mini-actuator-HEADER-1500.jpg)
3D-Printed Mini-Actuators Can Move Small Soft Robots, Lock Them Into New Shapes
![image shows an orderly array of blue cubes, with a network of silver spheres descending from it](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Jun-Liu-HOIP-HEADER.jpg)
Researchers Create Materials With Unique Combo of Stiffness, Thermal Insulation
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When Injecting Pure Spin into Chiral Materials, Direction Matters
![black-and-white video still shows a ringlike object in a square space that has one gap for an entrance. A bright white line shows the path that the object has taken in tracing the contours of the space.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Yin-Orbit-HEADER-1500.jpg)
New Soft Robots Roll Like Tires, Spin Like Tops and Orbit Like Moons
![illustration shows two pieces of metal foam being welded together using an induction welder. Several inches away from the site of the weld (which is white hot), the metal foam is cool enough to touch with a bare hand.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/REPLACEMENT.jpg)
Researchers Find Way to Weld Metal Foam Without Melting Its Bubbles
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Seeing the Invisible: Revealing Hidden Damage With Cameras To Improve Aircraft Safety
![image shows two long, twisted strands of clear polymer](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Jie-Yin-asymmetric-robot-1500.jpg)
‘Brainless’ Robot Can Navigate Complex Obstacles
![photo shows several caterpillar robots bent in different poses, demonstrating how they move forward and backward](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Zhu-caterpillar-1500-HEADER.jpg)
Robot Caterpillar Demonstrates New Approach to Locomotion for Soft Robotics
![logo of the national academies of sciences, engineering, and medicine](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/NASEM.jpg)
Xu Participates in NASEM Meeting of Experts
![Ankit Negi holds a PMN-PT crystal, like those used in the research. Standing with him is study co-author Hwang Pill Kim.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Jun-Liu-thermal-2023-HEADER.jpg)
Study Offers Details on Using Electric Fields to Tune Thermal Properties of Ferroelectric Materials
![illustration shows cross-section of a clogged blood vessel, with blue lines representing the vortex ultrasound clearing the clot](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Jiang-vortex-ultrasound-HEADER.png)
New Tool Uses Ultrasound ‘Tornado’ to Break Down Blood Clots
![image contains four photos with various angles on the complex sensor described in the attached story](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Zhu-strain-sensor-HEADER-1500.jpg)