5th Anniversary Article: A Lesson from Plants: High‐Speed Soft Robotic Actuators (Adv. Sci. 5/2020)

Explosion of ping‐pong balls that is caused by the rapid inflation of an elastomer membrane. The illustrated ultrafast actuation is based on a plant‐inspired mechanical instability that occurs in natural rubber and can be remotely triggered, presented in article number 1903391 by Martin Kaltenbrunne...

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Published in:Advanced science 2020-03, Vol.7 (5), p.n/a
Main Authors: Baumgartner, Richard, Kogler, Alexander, Stadlbauer, Josef M., Foo, Choon Chiang, Kaltseis, Rainer, Baumgartner, Melanie, Mao, Guoyong, Keplinger, Christoph, Koh, Soo Jin Adrian, Arnold, Nikita, Suo, Zhigang, Kaltenbrunner, Martin, Bauer, Siegfried
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
bioinspired dielectric elastomer actuators
coupled dielectric elastomer balloons
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snap‐buckling
snap‐through instabilities
soft robotics for high‐speed actuation
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Summary:Explosion of ping‐pong balls that is caused by the rapid inflation of an elastomer membrane. The illustrated ultrafast actuation is based on a plant‐inspired mechanical instability that occurs in natural rubber and can be remotely triggered, presented in article number 1903391 by Martin Kaltenbrunner and co‐workers. These new types of high‐speed soft actuators have potential applications in object sorting or grasping.
ISSN:2198-3844
2198-3844
DOI:10.1002/advs.202070024