Big, innovative breakthroughs often result in game-changing technologies. Smaller incremental improvements in essential material components can similarly lead to significant performance and efficiency ...

Liebherr-Aerospace sees electro-mechanical actuators as replacements for servo-control actuators on legacy aircraft, but limited to less critical control surfaces, such as spoilers. Credit: Liebherr ...

Researchers have discovered that ferroelectric fluids can harness an overlooked transverse electrostatic force (TEF) to rise over 80 mm, without magnets or high voltages. By exploiting the fluid's ...

“While textiles traditionally serve solely as passive apparel, the transition to fabrics that function as powerful actuators will enable a new class of comfortable, unobtrusive, practical wearable ...

How does a piezoelectric transducer (actuator) work? Modern Piezo actuators are based on thin piezoceramic layers manufactured in a co-fired process to form a monolithic unit. They are also called ...