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Liquid Crystal Soft Robot: An Untethered Magnetic‐ and Light‐Responsive Rotary Gripper: Shedding Light on Photoresponsive Liquid Crystal Actuators (Advanced Optical Materials 7/2019)
Author(s) -
Pilz da Cunha Marina,
Foelen Yari,
Raak Roel J. H.,
Murphy Jeffrey N.,
Engels Tom A. P.,
Debije Michael G.,
Schenning Albert P. H. J.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
advanced optical materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 91
ISSN - 2195-1071
DOI - 10.1002/adom.201970025
Subject(s) - actuator , materials science , liquid crystal , rotation (mathematics) , robot , animation , pneumatic actuator , mechanical engineering , optics , optoelectronics , computer science , computer graphics (images) , computer vision , engineering , artificial intelligence , physics
The front cover shows a remotely controlled dual responsive rotary soft robotic gripper that is able to perform loading, transport, rotation, and release of cargo. Light is used to trigger the actuator to autonomously pick‐up and release cargo, and magnetic response allows for transportation and rotational freedom. For further details see article number 1801643 by Albert P. H. J. Schenning and co‐workers. The authors would like to thank the ICMS animation studio for the creation of the image.