Design and fabrication of a three-dimensional meso-sized robotic metamaterial with actively controlled properties
Abstract
We introduce and fabricate a metamaterial that consists of 5 mm-sized 3D cells that each possess actuators, sensors, and circuitry to enable desired mechanical properties that emerge from closed-loop swarm control according to uploaded instructions.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2020
- Source ID
- 10.1039/c9mh01368g
Entities
People
- Chang Zhao
- Chenyang Luo
- Ian Ladner
- James D. Austin
- Jonathan B. Hopkins
- Michael A. Cullinan
- Sridharan Thirumalai
- Yuanping Song
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- National Science Foundation
- United States Army
- University of California
- University of Texas at Austin