Programming Soft Robots with Flexible Mechanical Metamaterials

2019/06/01 by Rafsanjani, Ahmad, Bertoldi, Katia, Studart, André R. · 4 citations
#FOS: Computer and information sciences #FOS: Physical sciences #Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci) #Robotics (cs.RO) #Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1906.00306

Abstract

The complex behavior of highly deformable mechanical metamaterials can substantially enhance the performance of soft robots.

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