Topic: additive manufacturing

Synthesize organic and organometallic compounds for materials used in extreme environments. The project connects precursor chemistry with ceramic and carbon composites, including conventional and additive manufacturing, at the Chemical Sciences Division and Manufacturing Demonstration Facility. Applications are made on the employer’s recruitment portal; no closing date is stated.

Research additive manufacturing processes for nickel-based superalloys in NIMS’s Research Center for Structural Materials. The appointment is at the Sengen site in Tsukuba, with a negotiable start on or after 1 December 2026. The initial one-year contract can be renewed according to performance and institutional criteria, up to a maximum of five years. The advertised monthly salary begins at JPY 325,360 and includes deemed overtime; commuting allowance and insurance are provided under NIMS regulations. Submit the requested documents through the employer-linked Box upload and notify the named c

Heinrich Jaeger explains how granular jamming can turn a soft bag of particles into a rigid gripper capable of grasping objects with different shapes. The discussion connects the physics of interacting grains with the design of compliant robots and a universal gripper developed by an interdisciplinary research team. Andrzej Grzesiak then describes a bio-inspired manipulator developed with Festo: additive manufacturing, an elephant-trunk-like arm and a fish-fin-inspired gripping mechanism provide alternatives to conventional rigid industrial manipulators.