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

Abstract

Untethered soft robots using compliant lightweight actuators are capable of dynamic locomotion at biologically relevant speeds.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Dec 19, 2018
Source ID
10.1126/scirobotics.aau7557

Entities

People

  • Amir Mohammadi Nasab
  • Carmel Majidi
  • Kitty Kumar
  • M K Jawed
  • Wanliang Shan
  • Xiaonan Huang
  • Zisheng Ye

Organizations

  • Army Research Office
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • University of California
  • University of Nevada, Reno

Tags

Readers

  • Robotics and Automation.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomy
  • Biotechnology