Matt Shipman

North Carolina State University

This image shows the study participant performing a squatting activity with different prosthetic devices. When the participant used his daily prosthesis (left picture) he had a limited range of motion and had to bend his back significantly to lift objects off the ground. When using a neural controlled prosthetic ankle (right picture) he was able to voluntarily control his prosthesis ankle joint force and angle and keep a healthy posture while lifting weight from the ground.

Powered Prosthetic Ankles Restore Wide Range of Functions

The powered prosthesis reads electrical signals from residual calf muscles.

Illustration of a soft robot jellyfish.

Jellyfish-Inspired Robots Swim Better Than Natural Counterparts

The team previously worked on making soft robots inspired by cheetahs.

This image shows steel-steel composite metal foam samples before testing (left) and after 100 minutes exposure to 825C (right).

CMF Pool Fire Testing

That's 100 minutes at 825 degrees Celsius.

The cylinder shown here is an amorphous iron alloy, or metallic glass, made using an additive manufacturing technique.

Metallic Glass Alloys Made with 3D Printing

This could mean more efficient electric motors, better wear-resistant materials, higher strength materials, and lighter weight structures.

Researchers from North Carolina State University have created elastic, touch-sensitive fibers that can interface with electronic devices.

Researchers Create Touch-Sensitive Fibers

The elastic fibers can interface with electronic devices.

Researchers at NC State University have created several soft robot devices that make use of a fundamental advance in controlling soft robots. The new technique uses magnetic fields to remotely manipulate microparticle chains embedded in soft polymers.

Soft Robots Controlled By Magnetic Fields

It's a fundamental advance in controlling so-called soft robots.

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a range of composite metal foams that are lighter and stronger than the materials they are made of.

Metal Foam Stops Bullets

The composite metal foams are looking for new applications.

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a wearable, wireless sensor that can monitor a person's skin hydration to detect dehydration before it poses a health problem. The device is lightweight, flexible and stretchable and has already been incorporated into prototype devices that can be worn on the wrist or as a chest patch (as seen here).

Wearable Sensor Measures Your Skin

It can be worn on the wrist or as a chest patch.

This is an early prototype of the wristband used in the Health and Environmental Tracker (HET), an integrated, wearable system that monitors a user's environment, heart rate and other physical attributes with the goal of predicting and preventing asthma attacks.

Wearable Predicts Asthma Attacks

New wearable system aims to predict, prevent asthma attacks, which affect more than 24 million people in the United States.