Ghost Robotics, Minitaur in snow With nimble legs, the Minitaur robot climbs a snowy hill. Minitaur wants to get a leg up on wheeled robots. It was sand that killed Spirit. In May 2009, after years spent traversing the Martian surface, NASA’s Spirit rover got stuck in a sand trap. And, for the last two years of its mission life, …
Read More.It’s surprisingly tough to 3D print a book. Printed in one piece—binding and all. Thirty-four years ago, Chuck Hull developed stereolithography, the grandfather of additive manufacturing systems that rests under the now broad umbrella of 3D printing. In the intervening years, thousands of people have poured their creativity and ingenuity into 3D-printed body parts, bridges, and even a car.But Ron …
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Joseph Xu/Michigan Engineering Multimedia Content, L. Jay Guo holds a silver layer that his research group has created. The quest to replace indium tin oxide. There’s a good chance you’re looking at—or through—some indium tin oxide (ITO) right now. This ceramic material conducts electricity, but is transparent, which makes it crucial for the production of screens of all kinds, like …
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