Vacuum pumps are everywhere—behind the scenes in air conditioning systems, hospital equipment, laboratories, and even some car engines.

and industrial automation. Typically, these applications rely on motor-driven vacuum pumps. The standard pumps suffer from ...

and in industrial processing (robot grippers that sort products on conveyor belts). Creating a vacuum conventionally requires ...

A team of researchers from Saarland University is creating lightweight, compact and energy-efficient miniaturized pumps and ...