Amazing talk from Professor Randall Kamien on knitting scaffolds today!

Congratulations to Materials Science and Engineering at Penn Professor Shu Yang on being awarded the 2023 Langmuir Lectureship Award, which recognizes individuals working in the interdisciplinary field of colloid and surface chemistry. blog.seas.upenn.edu/shu-yang-recei…

Thank you! Our great honor Yao Zhao Yinding Chi Yaoye Hong Yanbin Li Shu Yang

New universal #kirigami gripper Nature Communications : gentler, precise yet stronger in handling liquid, microfilm, and heavy object all in one gripper. Easy to integrate with robotic arm and prosthesis in folding clothes, grasp grape, zipping, and turning pages. doi.org/10.1038/s41467…

Glad to mentor two outstanding REU students, Gisella and Serafina. Both did a great job in this summer! Wish you all the best along the journey! Kun-Hao Yu Shu Yang Materials Science and Engineering at Penn

Thanks Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD for highlighting our work as biomedical picture of the day Yaoye Hong Yao Zhao Yanbin Li He (Helen) Huang NC State MAE

New in Science Advances: doi.org/10.1126/sciadv… how to make electronics-free soft #robot autonomously escape complex multichannel maze? It requires the bot to turn, adjust, and trial-and-error search. The new physically intelligent bot can do all these by itself to escape mazes.

Congrats to #NobelPrize Laureates Dr. Katalin Karikó and Dr. Drew Weissman, awarded the 2023 The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work which led to the development of the #mRNA COVID vaccines. Katalin Kariko The Drew Weissman Lab Learn more: spr.ly/6010uJxOy

#2023SES Society of Engineering Science Conference Week Oct. 9-11. Welcome to stop by our exciting symposium 6-3 Soft Robotics: Matter, Structure, and Intelligence co-organized by Sheila Russo Daniel J Preston Ryan Truby, Kaitlyn Becker and Wanliang. 56 great talks waiting for you to check out!

It’s my second time to be in #SES2023 Society of Engineering Science. Trilled to share my research on Wednesday afternoon about Mechanical Intelligence of Soft Robotics. Feel free to join.

Honored and humbled to receive the SES Future Faculty Award, made a full page of notes of valuable advice and suggestions. Thank you Kejie Zhao Nanshu Lu @ UT-Austin U.S. National Science Foundation to organize such a valuable symposium. #SES2023

have you seen hydrogel/salt hybrid films that can absorb moisture and self-releasing water without any external energy? see our latest paper, onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ad…, by Sohee Nah, Yunchan Lee, Kun-Hao Yu Yinding Chi Baohong Chen Kunyu Wang, Ph.D., @YangLab_UPenn, Materials Science and Engineering at Penn

New in PNASNews. How to make a soft robot autonomously spin and orbit like Moon without external control? Can it self-orbit along non-circular paths? Pl check the video and our paper (doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2…) for the answer U.S. National Science Foundation NC State MAE NC State Engineering NC State University

From 3D printed concrete to wooden seed carriers, Materials Science and Engineering at Penn Joseph Bordogna Professor and chair of Materials Science and Engineering Shu Yang continues to work in collaborative projects the reduce the world's carbon footprint. penntoday.upenn.edu/news/shu-yang-…

Another fantastic year at #PhillyMaterialsDay!🥰 Our demo showcased the use of Kirigami grippers to handle soft and slippery hydrogel beads Shu Yang Yinding Chi Yaoye Hong Materials Science and Engineering at Penn

Read the blog from start to finish, and it is inspiring and struck a chord with me. Kun-Hao Yu Wishing you all the best ahead!

Out today Science Advances science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… highlighted on Science Magazine frontpage. We Haitao Qing report a #mantaray-like soft robotic surface and underwater swimmer that is fast, efficient, maneuverable, and collision resilient, only requiring a single actuation input

In this work, harmonizing of kirigami, magnetic actuation and pneumatic inflation enables versatile shape morphing and nonprehensile object manipulation on our ‘magic carpet’.