{"id":74,"date":"2016-02-10T18:04:49","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T02:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vancouver.labs.wsu.edu\/robotics-and-automation\/?page_id=74"},"modified":"2017-06-30T14:11:54","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T21:11:54","slug":"mr-brakes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vancouver.labs.wsu.edu\/robotics-and-automation\/mr-brakes\/","title":{"rendered":"MR-brakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/>\n<section id=\"builder-section-1459882662800\" class=\"row single gutter pad-top\">\n<div style=\"\" class=\"column one \">\n<p>MR-brakes are electronically controllable brakes. \u00a0They can apply variable resistance forces. \u00a0MR-brakes use magnetorheological (MR) fluid, which changes its viscosity with magnetic flux. \u00a0In its natural state, MR-fluid resembles motor oil and is slippery. \u00a0When the fluid is exposed to magnetic field, its viscosity changes resulting in a sticky peanut butter consistency. \u00a0When the magnetic field is remove, the fluid goes back to its natural slippery state.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-153 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1185\/2016\/02\/MR-Brake.gif\" alt=\"MR-Brake\" width=\"188\" height=\"172\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We developed various MR-brakes with high force\/torque output. \u00a0Our research work led to two U.S. Patents. \u00a0Please click the links on the left to explore some of our research.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MR-brakes are electronically controllable brakes. \u00a0They can apply variable resistance forces. \u00a0MR-brakes use magnetorheological (MR) fluid, which changes its viscosity with magnetic flux. \u00a0In its natural state, MR-fluid resembles motor oil and is slippery. \u00a0When the fluid is exposed to magnetic field, its viscosity changes resulting in a sticky peanut butter consistency. \u00a0When the magnetic field is remove, the fluid goes back to its natural slippery state.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-153 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1185\/2016\/02\/MR-Brake.gif\" alt=\"MR-Brake\" width=\"188\" height=\"172\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We developed various MR-brakes with high force\/torque output. \u00a0Our research work led to two U.S. Patents. \u00a0Please click the links on the left to explore some &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/vancouver.labs.wsu.edu\/robotics-and-automation\/mr-brakes\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-default\">&raquo; More &#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2136,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-builder.php","meta":{"_wsuwp_accessibility_report":[]},"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vancouver.labs.wsu.edu\/robotics-and-automation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vancouver.labs.wsu.edu\/robotics-and-automation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vancouver.labs.wsu.edu\/robotics-and-automation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vancouver.labs.wsu.edu\/robotics-and-automation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vancouver.labs.wsu.edu\/robotics-and-automation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/vancouver.labs.wsu.edu\/robotics-and-automation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":378,"href":"https:\/\/vancouver.labs.wsu.edu\/robotics-and-automation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74\/revisions\/378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vancouver.labs.wsu.edu\/robotics-and-automation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vancouver.labs.wsu.edu\/robotics-and-automation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=74"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vancouver.labs.wsu.edu\/robotics-and-automation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}