Chasing biomimetic locomotion speeds: Creating untethered soft robots with shape memory alloy actuators.

Xiaonan HuangKitty KumarMohammad K Jawed Amir Mohammadi Nasab Zisheng YeWanliang ShanCarmel Majidi

Published in: Science robotics (2018)

By using compliant lightweight actuators with shape memory alloy, we created untethered soft robots that are capable of dynamic locomotion at biologically relevant speeds.

Keyphrases

working memory
tissue engineering