Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Pneumatic systems use the energy stored in compressed air to produce the required effect. By controlling the flow and ...

Lab-on-a-chip devices aim to miniaturize laboratory procedures on microfluidic chips, which contain liquid circuits instead of electronics. Although the chips themselves are small, they are typically ...

Learn how connected pneumatic circuits can benefit operations through greater efficiency, improved productivity, and reduced machine downtimes. The connected circuit improves upon traditional ...

Robotics researchers, engineers and materials scientists showed it is possible to make programmable, nonelectronic circuits that control the actions of soft robots by processing information encoded in ...

Engineers design fluidic logic into garments to help people with functional limitations perform tasks without electronic assistance. For all the talk about embedding computers in clothing, here's an ...

When envisioning the future of wearables and robotics, one may not immediately think of the foam in couch cushions. However, Rice University engineers have demonstrated that the airflow through ...

Abstract: Recently, soft valves have been designed to enhance functionality in soft robots and achieve embodied control. However, most designs still use rigid components, need high control pressure to ...