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

Xiaonan Huang, Kitty Kumar, Mohammad Khalid Jawed, Amir Mohammadi Nasab, Zisheng Ye, Wanliang Shan, Carmel Majidi

Year
2018
Citations
187

Abstract

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

Keywords

ActuatorRobotShape-memory alloyRobot locomotionComputer scienceBiomimeticsSoft roboticsEngineeringControl engineeringMechanical engineering

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