"Soft robotics holds promise for many applications, but it is challenging to design the actuators that drive the motion of soft robots on a small scale," says Jie Yin, corresponding author of a ...

It’s unclear how strong the result is, but it appears to be strong enough to demonstrate lifting a small container of screws. Should you need to make your own actuator then aside from the easy ...

University of California San Diego and French lab CEA-Leti have got together to create a novel high-voltage drive for ...

The 3D Printed Mini Linear Actuator was developed as a way to turn a mini servo into a linear actuator, giving it more power in the process. A servo uses a potentiometer attached to the output ...