Caterina Lamuta was recently awarded a prestigious Young Investigator Award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop new self-morphing, stretchable soft skins (S⁴) for use in underwater vehicles and robots.

Si chiamano Venanzio Cichella e Caterina Lamuta i due ingegneri raianesi che hanno creato un dispositivo di riabilitazione robotizzato per aiutare le persone con disabilità agli arti fornendo loro una maggiore capacità di movimento.

Assistant professors in the University of Iowa College of Engineering have developed a robotic device to help people increase their range of motion in the wrist using artificial muscles to increase flexibility.

Collaborating at a crossroads of their engineering focuses, the Cooperative Autonomous Systems (CAS) Laboratory and the Smart Multifunctional Material Systems (SMMS) Laboratory at the University of Iowa are working on a new project: the creation of a lightweight, mobile, and low-cost orthotic robotic rehabilitation device.

A research team from the University of Iowa and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is developing a smart skin inspired by the cephalopod that can be used in 3D displays as interfaces for the visually impaired, and to help reduce drag on marine vehicles.