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The Secrets of Baseball’s “Magic Mud”

Researchers at Penn Engineering have revealed the unique properties of baseball’s famed “magic” mud.

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Unfolding the Next Generation of Robots

Unfolding the Next Generation of Robots

Researchers in the General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Laboratory are developing an algorithm for designing functioning robots through folding.