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Autonomous Soft Actuators: An Autonomous Soft Actuator with Light‐Driven Self‐Sustained Wavelike Oscillation for Phototactic Self‐Locomotion and Power Generation (Adv. Funct. Mater. 15/2020)
Author(s) -
Yang Lulu,
Chang Longfei,
Hu Ying,
Huang Majing,
Ji Qixiao,
Lu Pin,
Liu Jiaqin,
Chen Wei,
Wu Yucheng
Publication year - 2020
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.202070095
Subject(s) - actuator , oscillation (cell signaling) , bimorph , materials science , soft robotics , self oscillation , phototaxis , power (physics) , constant (computer programming) , optics , physics , computer science , artificial intelligence , genetics , botany , quantum mechanics , biology , programming language
In article number 1908842, Ying Hu and co‐workers construct an artificially autonomous soft robot based on a curled droplet‐shaped carbon nanotube bimorph structure, which can produce a constant white light‐driven continuous oscillating motion in a wavelike fashion. It can also autonomously and continuously crawl towards the light source in a wave‐propagating manner under constant light irradiation, exhibiting phototactic self‐locomotion.