Daryl Lovell

Cornell University

Graphene-glass bimorphs can be used to fabricate numerous micron-scale 3-D structures, including (top to bottom) tetrahedron, helices of controllable pitch, high-angle folds and clasps, basic origami motifs with bidirectional folding, and boxes.

Muscle Designed for Shape-Changing Robots

The robot exoskeleton can rapidly change its shape.

A metal-foam compound developed by Professor Rob Shepherd's engineering group displays shape memory and the ability to self-heal through reheating.

Shape-Shifting is the Future of Robotics

Imagine an aircraft that could alter its wing shape in midflight and, like a pelican, dive into the water before morphing into a submarine.