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Creating a Robo-Dog Army: Tribological Aspects

02.09.2019 tribonet 245 Views

Recently Boston Dynamics’ released a video of a robo-dog army pulling a truck down the road. The future is here. For now it looks like the good old Terminator I movie. But I guess we […]

Droplet friction is similar to solid friction

21.11.2017 675 Views

Researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research have investigated friction of liquid droplets on surfaces. A larger force is needed to set in motion stationary droplets than to keep moving droplets in motion. [...]
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Friction in Only One Direction

07.07.2019 1,500 Views

Nature has amazed us since the beginning of time. It provides the foundation for all of our best ideas. The animal world provides the inspiration behind one of the new inventions in the world of [...]
From the Climate Change to the Atomic Scale Friction: Contact Mechanics Workshop Summary

11.11.2019 952 Views

This is a summary of International Workshop: Contact Mechanics and Friction – Foundations and Applications that was organized by Professor Popov and his group at TU Berlin on 13-17 October 2019. The workshop held this [...]
Controlling Wettability and Liquid Repellence on Material Surfaces

24.02.2020 599 Views

Industries around the world would welcome new, improved engineered surfaces that included reversibly switching interfacial properties, including the ability to repel liquids and wettability. Wettability is the ability of a liquid to maintain contact with [...]
Microscale superlubricity could improve your laptop's hard drive

17.09.2018 337 Views

Lubricity measures the reduction in mechanical friction and wear by a lubricant. These are the main causes of component failure and energy loss in mechanical and electromechanical systems. For example, one-third of the fuel-based energy [...]