If you’re wondering why they’re so expensive, some napkin calculations of the nitinol coil have somewhere between 100 ft – 200 ft of wire per wheel, and at $1-2/ft, the raw materials alone ...

A rover on the Moon has metal wheels that can flex around rocky obstacles ... are all thanks to a bizarre kind of metal called nitinol, a so-called shape-metal alloy that can be trained to ...

The challenges of Martian terrain have driven NASA to develop cutting-edge wheels made of nitinol, a shape-memory alloy. These innovative tires are not only lightweight and durable but also ...

This time he’s made himself a Nitinol wire inchworm, which actually moves across the table when you apply a switching electrical current to it! Nitinol is a shape memory alloy which has a cool ...

NASA’s Glenn Research Center came up with the idea for nitinol in the late 2000s in preparation for bigger, heavier lunar vehicles. Faced with the possibility of traditional air-filled tires ...

Nitinol is an example of what’s called a ... for Paris-Roubaix to make them 12sp Why Tom Pidcock’s 'smart wheels' might actually catch on The mechanism works by applying an electrical ...

During laboratory tests, Buehler and Physicist Frederick Wang reported in Ocean Engineering, they fashioned Nitinol into a complex shape at a high temperature, then cooled it and crushed it beyond ...

Dec. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fort Wayne Metals, a leader in the development of precision materials for the medical device industry, has announced significant advancements in its Nitinol ...

Nitinol is a smart material that can be used as an actuator, a sensor, or a structural element, and has the potential to significantly enhance the capabilities of microrobots. Femtosecond laser ...