Soft Robotics: Light-Driven Soft Robot Mimics Caterpillar Locomotion in Natural Scale (Advanced Optical Materials 11/2016)

With proper alignment of the molecules in liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) films, the material deformation can be engineered. On page 1689, P. Wasylczyk and co‐workers show that, upon illumination with laser light, a 15 mm long stripe of LCE soft material curls in a way that mimics the caterpillar bod...

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Published in:Advanced optical materials 2016-11, Vol.4 (11), p.1902-1902
Main Authors: Rogóż, Mikołaj, Zeng, Hao, Xuan, Chen, Wiersma, Diederik Sybolt, Wasylczyk, Piotr
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
alignment
light driven
liquid crystalline elastomers
micro robots
soft robots
travelling waves
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Summary:With proper alignment of the molecules in liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) films, the material deformation can be engineered. On page 1689, P. Wasylczyk and co‐workers show that, upon illumination with laser light, a 15 mm long stripe of LCE soft material curls in a way that mimics the caterpillar body motion. The miniature soft robot can crawl on flat surfaces, climb slopes, squeeze through obstacles, and transport loads.
ISSN:2195-1071
2195-1071
DOI:10.1002/adom.201670064