University of Amsterdam scientists have created metamaterials that can autonomously learn, store, and adapt shapes without a central processor. Built from chains of motorized hinges that share ...
The new metamaterials can learn to take on any shape – here, they have learned the letters that spell ‘learn’, or in Dutch: ‘leren’. In a new Nature Physics publication, University of Amsterdam ...
Flat materials that can morph into three-dimensional shapes have potential applications in architecture, medicine, robotics, space travel, and much more. But programming these shape changes requires ...