Automated weaving of shape-memory alloy fabric muscles enables scalable, lightweight wearable robots that assist multiple joints, moving closer to everyday use. (Nanowerk News) The commercialization ...

By rethinking how thin metal threads are woven into a flexible textile, EPFL researchers have created a lightweight fabric capable of lifting over 400 times its own weight. The work advances the ...

This Collection welcomes original research on shape memory alloys, with a focus on their synthesis, structural and functional characterisation, and emerging applications. Shape memory alloys (SMAs) ...

Researchers are developing a robotic fabric that moves and contracts and is embedded with sensors, an approach that could bring “active clothing” and a new class of “soft” robots. Such an elastic ...

The unique properties of shape-memory alloys such as nitinol have lent themselves to a variety of applications across numerous industries, including medical devices. These common shape-memory alloys, ...

Researchers at EPFL have developed a lightweight fabric that can lift more than 400 times its own weight by reconsidering the method of weaving thin metal threads into a pliable textile.