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Soft Robotics: 3D‐Architected Soft Machines with Topologically Encoded Motion (Adv. Funct. Mater. 24/2019)
Author(s) -
Goswami Debkalpa,
Liu Shuai,
Pal Aniket,
Silva Lucas G.,
Martinez Ramses V.
Publication year - 2019
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.201970167
Subject(s) - soft robotics , materials science , voronoi diagram , metamaterial , robotics , robot , range (aeronautics) , tessellation (computer graphics) , artificial intelligence , nanotechnology , mechanical engineering , computer science , structural engineering , biomedical engineering , topology (electrical circuits) , composite material , optoelectronics , computer graphics (images) , geometry , engineering , mathematics , electrical engineering
In article number 1808713 , Ramses V. Martinez and co‐workers design low‐density 3D‐architected soft machines (ASMs) from CAD models via a Voronoi tessellation algorithm fabricated by 3D printing. On tendon‐based actuation, the ASMs deform according to the topologically encoded buckling of their structure, producing a wide range of motions benefitting from mechanical metamaterial behaviors, and enabling safe human‐robot interactions.