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Soft Actuators With Electroadhesive Clutches For Electronically Controlled Programmable Shape Morphing

With electroadhesive clutches attached, the single-chamber soft pneumatic actuator can provide local programmable stiffness modulation to achieve electronically controlled deformation.

Published: 8/14/2026
Inventor(s):
James Pikul, Gregory Campbell
Keywords(s):
Electronic Materials, Platform Technology, Soft Materials
Category(s):
Technology Classifications > Materials, Technology Classifications > Robotics

Welding The ‘Unweldable’: An Electrochemical Method Of Repairing Metals

The invention presents a new method of fusing back pieces of previously ‘unweldable’ fractured metal at room temperature.

Published: 8/6/2026
Inventor(s):
James Pikul, Zakaria Hsain
Keywords(s):
Electronic Materials
Category(s):
Technology Classifications > Chemical Processes and Synthesis, Technology Classifications > Materials

Stretchable High-Power Batteries For Soft Robotics And Wearable Electronics

Stretchable batteries using sliding electrodes with high mechanical flexibility, capacity, and power performance.

Published: 8/6/2026
Inventor(s):
James Pikul, Yichao Shi, Muqing Ren
Keywords(s):
Electronic Materials, Soft Materials
Category(s):
Technology Classifications > Energy, Technology Classifications > Materials, Technology Classifications > Robotics

Mechagenic Energy System: An “Electrochemical Stomach” for Continuously Powering Robots and Aircraft

An electrochemical system for continuously powering robots through the ingestion of energy-dense organic molecules, utilizing a new electrolyte that enables the maximization of material performance. This system also provides a method for recycling and reusing the materials used in the stomach.

Published: 8/6/2026
Inventor(s):
James Pikul, Yue Gao
Keywords(s):
Nanotechnology, Platform Technology
Category(s):
Technology Classifications > Chemical Processes and Synthesis, Technology Classifications > Energy, Technology Classifications > Materials, Technology Classifications > Robotics

A Low Swelling, Pressure-Free Method for Producing of Lithium Metal Anodes

A 3D gyroid polymer microlattice enables new type of lithium-metal batteries by reducing non-unifrom Li etching in lithium metal anodes.

Published: 8/6/2026
Inventor(s):
James Pikul, Yue Gao
Keywords(s):
Electronic Materials
Category(s):
Technology Classifications > Chemical Processes and Synthesis, Technology Classifications > Energy, Technology Classifications > Materials

Self-Assembling Nanolattices with Superior Tensile Strength That are Scalable and Free of Cracks

Elimination of cracks in self-assembly using a wet template and positively charged particles produces relatively large-area nanolattices with enhanced tensile strength.

Published: 8/6/2026
Inventor(s):
James Pikul, Zhimin Jiang, David Issadore, Andrew Lin
Keywords(s):
Nanotechnology, Optics & Photonics 
Category(s):
Technology Classifications > Chemical Processes and Synthesis, Technology Classifications > Materials, Technology Classifications > Energy

Self-healing cellular metals

A unique structural material composed of cellular metals that can heal; a property useful for recovery of material and strength along the path(s) of stress in the structural member.

Published: 8/6/2026
Inventor(s):
James Pikul, Zakaria Hsain
Keywords(s):
 
Category(s):
Technology Classifications > Materials, Technology Classifications > Chemical Processes and Synthesis