The conveniences of modern life such as Uber Eats and ChatGPT are robbing us of satisfaction – and worse still, infantilising us. But should we really go back to the basics? Name: Friction-maxxing.

The tactical use of friction in the customer journey is not new, but it may be achieving a new level of importance as technology supercharges the evolution of how we behave. From supermarkets changing ...

During an earthquake, friction is a key control on the initiation, propagation and termination of fault motion. Laboratory experiments that use variable slip rates suggest that friction evolves in a ...

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Abstract: This letter proposes an online friction coefficient identification framework for legged robots on slippery terrain. The approach formulates the optimization problem to minimize the sum of ...

Winter Storm Fern, a rare convergence of Arctic cold and Southwest moisture, seems set to bring Arctic weather to many parts of the U.S. this weekend. With it, storm warnings included familiar ...

Abstract: This research discovers the ability on using Physics-Informed Neural Network (PINN) for modelling friction force. The training data is generated using the Runge-Kutta method, and the ...

A single-class joining process known as “friction self-piercing riveting (F-SPR)” has been developed for joining various low-ductility lightweight materials on a laboratory scale. The frictional heat ...