Shape-memory alloy

The WaterStrider weighs 55 milligrams and can move at 6 millimeters per second (photo by Bob Hubner, WSU Photo Services).

The smallest, lightest and fastest fully functional micro-robots ever known to be created

4-D Technology Allows Self-folding of Complex Objects

This Breakthrough Shape-Memory Metal Practically Never Wears Out

Artificial hand able to respond sensitively thanks to muscles made from smart metal wires

Brain surgery through the cheek

Shrink-wrapping spacesuits

The test shows that the retrofitted FeSMA strips pre-stress the reinforced concrete beam, increasing its load carrying capacity. ©Empa

A Shape-Conscious Alloy: New materials for the building industry

Shape Memory Breakthrough: Berkeley Lab Researchers Discover Nanoscale Shape-Memory Oxide

VIDEO: Artificial heart to pump human waste into future robots

How to make ceramics that bend without breaking

VIDEO: A revolutionary shape changing smartphone that curls upon a call

Shape-shifting mobile devices

Soft autonomous robot inches along like an earthworm

Machine Counterpart: Nature’s New Creatures

Ocean-powered robotic jellyfish could theoretically run forever