Research and Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
By Alex Stewart A seal races after a herring twisting and darting through the water in the dead of night. The seal cannot see the fish it is chasing, but instead relies on its sensitive whiskers to detect displacements in the water to track down its prey. These remarkable whiskers, which are sensitive enough to …
By Fan Lou Imagine a robot that is made with no rigid parts. That is what Marc Kilpack, an assistant professor from Brigham Young University, demonstrated in his presentation on soft robotics. His seminar, titled “Controlling and Modeling Large Scale Soft Pneumatic Robots,” was held March 13, 2020, in the Mechanics Seminar at University of …
By Samuel Moss As the world continually seeks alternatives to large carbon footprint energy sources, the demand for efficient renewable energy continues to increase. In the United States, 7% of current energy comes from wind power, and Dr. Paul Veers, a chief engineer at the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), believes that wind power can …