Control of atomic vacancies with sound waves could improve communications and offer new control for quantum computing

Using sound to test devices, control qubits

Rotational multimaterial printing of helical filaments for soft robotics and structural composites

Multimaterial 3D printing with a twist

The gripper wrapping around a succulent. (Credit: Harvard Microrobotics Lab/Harvard SEAS)

Jellyfish-like soft gripper mimics the mechanics of curly hair

Tentacle robot can gently grasp fragile objects

A new on-chip frequency comb combines a coupled resonator with an electro-optical frequency comb to improve the efficiency of frequency combs and improve the bandwidth. (Credit: Yiqing Pei/Harvard SEAS)

Device opens the door to applications in optical communications, sensing, and the search for exoplanets

New on-chip frequency comb is 100x more efficient

A new control mechanism allows teams of robots (above) to calculate the tradeoffs of maintaining a communication network and move through difficult terrain, including narrow hallways. (Credit: REACT Lab/Harvard SEAS) 

Resilient robot teams juggle competing priorities without deadlock

Resilient robots

An extra node (yellow) that pops in or out if a certain amount of negative or positive pressure is supplied gives this origami-inspired building block bistability. By combining these building blocks, researchers built an actuator that can bend, twist and move in complex, distinct ways from a single source of pressure. (Credit: Bertoldi Lab/Harvard SEAS)  

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Using sound to test devices, control qubits

Multimaterial 3D printing with a twist

Tentacle robot can gently grasp fragile objects

New on-chip frequency comb is 100x more efficient

Resilient robots

Complex motions for simple actuators