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Cover Picture: Soft Robotics for Chemists (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 8/2011)
Author(s) -
Ilievski Filip,
Mazzeo Aaron D.,
Shepherd Robert F.,
Chen Xin,
Whitesides George M.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201000255
Subject(s) - soft robotics , cover (algebra) , soft materials , elastomer , sort , starfish , robotics , robot , computer science , artificial intelligence , nanotechnology , polymer science , engineering , chemistry , materials science , biology , mechanical engineering , information retrieval , ecology , organic chemistry
The starfish‐like … … gripping device shown uses pneumatic networks embedded in an elastomeric structure to be capable of picking up a live, anesthetized mouse without harming it. In their Communication on page 1890 ff. , G. M. Whitesides et. al. describe the pneumatic actuation of elastomeric (soft) structures of the type used in this sort of device, and in soft robots, which have the potential to be uniquely useful in handling fragile objects (for example, the mouse, or an uncooked egg).