Researchers at Rice University, Houston, TX, have developed a soft robotic arm capable of performing complex tasks such as navigating around an obstacle or hitting a ball, guided and powered remotely ...

Dieless robotic sheet forming is a fully digital process for forming large sheets of metal rapidly into complex contours. Robots fitted with various end effectors work on each side of a suspended ...

Plastics have replaced the materials used previously in many application areas. Above all, fibre-composite materials are very well suited to producing components with precisely defined properties.

One of the most significant challenges facing the composites industry is how to manufacture materials and parts at rates that will make them useful to high-volume industries such as automotive, ...