| Autor: |
Anil K. Bastola, Nadia Rodriguez, Marc Behl, Patricia Soffiatti, Nick P. Rowe, Andreas Lendlein |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
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| Zdroj: |
Materials & Design, Vol 202, Iss , Pp 109515- (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
0264-1275 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.matdes.2021.109515 |
| Popis: |
Plants have evolved many capabilities to anchor, position their stems and leaves favourably, and adapt themselves to different environmental conditions by virtue of growing. Selenicereus setaceus is a cactus and is an impressive example of a climbing plant found mostly in the Atlantic forest formations of southern Brazil. This cactus displays striking changes in stem geometry along different stages of growth: older parts are circular while the younger parts are star-like in shape. Such a transformation in shape optimizes its flexural rigidity and allows the cactus to search in three-dimensionally complex environments. Its organisation offers novel schemes for the design of plant-inspired soft robotic systems. In this paper, we have created multi-material systems for soft robotics that display controlled movements as well as mimicking the cactus stem geometries from star-like to circular. The unique star-shaped geometry is 3D printed using a soft elastomer and hydrogel is used as an actuating component. Through anisotropic swelling, the hydrogel-elastomer system adjusts its configuration and shows a controlled movement. Furthermore, the isotropic swelling of the hydrogel of the artificial cactus multi-material system result in the change in shape from star-like to circular as the cactus does naturally in the tropical forest. |
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