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Blooming Knit Flowers: Loop‐Linked Soft Morphing Structures for Soft Robotics
Author(s) -
Han MinWoo,
Ahn SungHoon
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201606580
Subject(s) - morphing , soft robotics , loop (graph theory) , petal , computer science , artificial intelligence , certification , soft materials , engineering drawing , computer graphics (images) , materials science , nanotechnology , biology , botany , robot , engineering , mathematics , political science , law , combinatorics
A loop‐linked structure, which is capable of morphing in various modes , including volumetric transformation, is developed based on knitting methods. Morphing flowers (a lily‐like, a daffodil‐like, gamopetalous, and a calla‐like flower) are fabricated using loop patterning, and their blooming motion is demonstrated by controlling a current that selectively actuates the flowers petals.
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