Controllable water surface to underwater transition through electrowetting in a hybrid terrestrial-aquatic microrobot

Several animal species demonstrate remarkable locomotive capabilities on land, on water, and under water. A hybrid terrestrial-aquatic robot with similar capabilities requires multimodal locomotive strategies that reconcile the constraints imposed by the different environments. Here we report the de...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature communications 2018-06, Vol.9 (1), p.2495-11, Article 2495
Main Authors: Chen, Yufeng, Doshi, Neel, Goldberg, Benjamin, Wang, Hongqiang, Wood, Robert J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
631/601/1332
639/166/988
639/301/1005/190
Animal species
Aquatic animals
Contact angle
Design modifications
Fabrication
Flaps
Humanities and Social Sciences
Locomotives
Microrobots
multidisciplinary
Robots
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Surface tension
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!