Soft robots that can be remotely powered and controlled and mimic locomotion of living species open new perspectives in science and engineering. A natural‐scale monolithic caterpillar robot based on an optomechanical liquid crystalline elastomer with patterned molecular alignment is reported. The robot demonstrates different gaits and is capable of performing various tasks in complex environments.

Light-Driven Soft Robot Mimics Caterpillar Locomotion in Natural Scale / Rogoz, Mikolaj; Zeng, Hao; Xuan, Chen; Wiersma, Diederik Sybolt; Wasylczyk, Piotr. - In: ADVANCED OPTICAL MATERIALS. - ISSN 2195-1071. - STAMPA. - 4:(2016), pp. 1689-1694. [10.1002/adom.201600503]

Light-Driven Soft Robot Mimics Caterpillar Locomotion in Natural Scale

Zeng, Hao
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Wiersma, Diederik Sybolt
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Wasylczyk, Piotr
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2016

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Soft robots that can be remotely powered and controlled and mimic locomotion of living species open new perspectives in science and engineering. A natural‐scale monolithic caterpillar robot based on an optomechanical liquid crystalline elastomer with patterned molecular alignment is reported. The robot demonstrates different gaits and is capable of performing various tasks in complex environments.
2016
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Rogoz, Mikolaj; Zeng, Hao; Xuan, Chen; Wiersma, Diederik Sybolt; Wasylczyk, Piotr
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