Mechanical Design & Robotics Electricity Spins Screw-Shaped Molecule, Raising Its Current Up to 100-Fold Jonathan BarrettOctober 26, 2026October 26, 20260 An electric current enters a screw-shaped molecule suspended between two fine gold tips. The passing electrons set the molecule rotating…
Mechanical Design & Robotics Onshape Turns Text Prompts Into Reusable CAD Features With Traceable Changes Jonathan BarrettAugust 17, 2026August 17, 20260 The useful output of Onshape’s latest artificial-intelligence workflow is not a single piece of generated geometry. It is code that…
Mechanical Design & Robotics Princeton prints motor-free origami robot hinges with closed-loop thermal control Jonathan BarrettAugust 4, 2026August 4, 20260 Princeton engineers reported on March 20 in Advanced Functional Materials that they built a soft-rigid hybrid robot architecture using 3D-printed…