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Actuators: Electrically and Sunlight‐Driven Actuator with Versatile Biomimetic Motions Based on Rolled Carbon Nanotube Bilayer Composite (Adv. Funct. Mater. 44/2017)
Author(s) -
Hu Ying,
Liu Jiaqin,
Chang Longfei,
Yang Lulu,
Xu Aifeng,
Qi Ke,
Lu Pin,
Wu Guan,
Chen Wei,
Wu Yucheng
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201770265
Subject(s) - materials science , carbon nanotube , actuator , bilayer , soft robotics , jumping , composite number , nanotechnology , composite material , computer science , membrane , artificial intelligence , biology , genetics , physiology
Inspired by the common flicking finger motion, Ying Hu, Jiaqin Liu, Wei Chen, and co‐workers describe in article number 1704388 a novel soft jumping robot based on the rolled carbon nanotube/polymer bilayer actuator with the two ends serving as thumb and middle finger, respectively. Upon light irradiation, this soft robot can jump up, accompanied by somersaults in the air, due to the energy accumulation and instantaneous release.