Bioinspired soft robots for deep-sea exploration

The deep ocean, Earth’s untouched expanse, presents immense challenges for exploration due to its extreme pressure, temperature, and darkness. Unlike traditional marine robots that require specialized metallic vessels for protection, deep-sea species thrive without such cumbersome pressure-resistant...

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Published in:Nature communications 2023-11, Vol.14 (1), p.7097-7097, Article 7097
Main Authors: Li, Guorui, Wong, Tuck-Whye, Shih, Benjamin, Guo, Chunyu, Wang, Luwen, Liu, Jiaqi, Wang, Tao, Liu, Xiaobo, Yan, Jiayao, Wu, Baosheng, Yu, Fajun, Chen, Yunsai, Liang, Yiming, Xue, Yaoting, Wang, Chengjun, He, Shunping, Wen, Li, Tolley, Michael T., Zhang, A-Man, Laschi, Cecilia, Li, Tiefeng
Format: Article
Language:English
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Abyssal zone
Actuation
Adaptability
Biomimetics
Copyright
Darkness
Deep sea
Deep sea vessels
Design
Exploration
High pressure
Humanities and Social Sciences
Hydraulics
Innovations
Low temperature
Mechanical engineering
multidisciplinary
Oceans
Perspective
Pressure
Protected species
Resilience
Robots
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Soft robotics
Temperature requirements
Underwater exploration
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Summary:The deep ocean, Earth’s untouched expanse, presents immense challenges for exploration due to its extreme pressure, temperature, and darkness. Unlike traditional marine robots that require specialized metallic vessels for protection, deep-sea species thrive without such cumbersome pressure-resistant designs. Their pressure-adaptive forms, unique propulsion methods, and advanced senses have inspired innovation in designing lightweight, compact soft machines. This perspective addresses challenges, recent strides, and design strategies for bioinspired deep-sea soft robots. Drawing from abyssal life, it explores the actuation, sensing, power, and pressure resilience of multifunctional deep-sea soft robots, offering game-changing solutions for profound exploration and operation in harsh conditions. High pressure and low temperature are the greatest challenges faced by scientists to explore deep oceans, which remain largely unknow to us today. Li et al. review these challenges and give insight into designing soft robots, inspired by deep-sea creatures, that enable resilient operations in harsh conditions.
ISSN:2041-1723
2041-1723
DOI:10.1038/s41467-023-42882-3