Buckling of Elastomeric Beams Enables Actuation of Soft Machines
| Autor: | Alar Ainla, Fatemeh Khashai, Katia Bertoldi, Zhigang Suo, Dian Yang, Bobak Mosadegh, George M. Whitesides, Ben Charles Germain Lee |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Materials science
Pneumatic actuator Polymers business.industry Movement Quantitative Biology::Tissues and Organs Mechanical Engineering Rotation around a fixed axis Mechanical engineering Robotics Elastomer Computer Science::Other Computer Science::Robotics Mechanism (engineering) Elastomers Buckling Computer Science::Systems and Control Mechanics of Materials Pressure General Materials Science Artificial intelligence Actuator business Buckle |
| Zdroj: | Advanced Materials. 27:6323-6327 |
| ISSN: | 0935-9648 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/adma.201503188 |
| Popis: | Soft, pneumatic actuators that buckle when interior pressure is less than exterior provide a new mechanism of actuation. Upon application of negative pneumatic pressure, elastic beam elements in these actuators undergo reversible, cooperative collapse, and generate a rotational motion. These actuators are inexpensive to fabricate, lightweight, easy to control, and safe to operate. They can be used in devices that manipulate objects, locomote, or interact cooperatively with humans. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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