Electromagnetic-Driven Spider-Inspired Soft Robot Using Electroelastic Materials and Conductive Actuators
Yanfang Guan, Lin Yang, Wei Yang, Qingyuan Zhang, Kasolo Enock, Yansheng Liu, Lin Zhang, Haiyong Chen, Yuhang Jian, Zichen Li, Zhengyang Xi, Yuliang Kang, ShuaiLong Zhang · 2024
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Yanfang Guan and twelve co-authors present a 2024 paper on soft robots made from a conductive jelly-like material that moves under electromagnetic drive. The elastomer mixes gelatin and glycerol as its base, threaded with carbon nanotubes and silver nanowires to carry current. Tuning the recipe gave a soft, easily molded material with strong conductivity and resistance to twisting fatigue. Two bio-inspired robots were built from it.
An inchworm-style robot crawled at about three millimeters per second, and still moved while carrying grains or a capsule. A spider-style robot carried up to twenty-two grams. The authors report the material keeps its performance over repeated use. They pitch such quiet, low-energy soft robots for goods transport, safety monitoring, and disaster relief work. The study is a materials demonstration with working prototypes.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yanfang Guan, Lin Yang, Wei Yang, Qingyuan Zhang, Kasolo Enock, Yansheng Liu, Lin Zhang, Haiyong Chen, Yuhang Jian, Zichen Li, Zhengyang Xi, Yuliang Kang, ShuaiLong Zhang |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |