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EPFL Research Team Unveils Threadlike Motor
An EPFL research team has unveiled a threadlike motor, called FiberMotor, that converts electrical energy into motion, techxplore.com reported. The device is 1–3 millimeters in diameter and consists of two concentric hollow fibers and electrodes. The paper was published in Advanced Materials.
What happened
techxplore.com reported that the Soft Transducers Laboratory at EPFL’s School of Engineering unveiled FiberMotor, a fiber-shaped motor. According to the research team, applying voltage causes electrostatic forces to make the inner fiber slide inside the outer fiber. The paper was published in Advanced Materials.
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Translated from the Japanese original: /news/epfl-kenkyuu-chiimu-senjou-mootaa-fibermotor-wo-happyou-sube-6bd7b2. The Japanese version is authoritative if they differ.