Scientists have created innovative soft robots equipped with electronic skins and artificial muscles, allowing them to sense their surroundings and adapt their movements in real-time.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill scientists have created innovative soft robots equipped with electronic skins and artificial muscles, allowing them to sense their surroundings and adapt their movements in real-time, according to a paper titled "Skin-Inspired, Sensory Robots for Electronic Implants," in Nature Communications.
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One-of-a-kind tool helped solve anode puzzle that thwarted previous attempts
The smooth growth of sodium metal in action is the ultimate quality check of the electrolyte for Peng Bai and Bingyuan Ma’s anode-free batteries. (Image: Bai Lab)
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When it comes to batteries, lithium-ion are the best we have as far as energy density and convenience.
For now.
The Washington University in St. Louis lab of Peng Bai, assistant professor in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering in the McKelvey School of Engineering, has developed a stable sodium ion battery that is highly efficient, will be less expensive to make and is significantly smaller than a traditional lithium ion battery due to the elimination of a once-necessary feature.