Communications Materials (Sep 2021)
4D Thermomechanical metamaterials for soft microrobotics
- Qingxiang Ji,
- Johnny Moughames,
- Xueyan Chen,
- Guodong Fang,
- Juan J. Huaroto,
- Vincent Laude,
- Julio Andrés Iglesias Martínez,
- Gwenn Ulliac,
- Cédric Clévy,
- Philippe Lutz,
- Kanty Rabenorosoa,
- Valerian Guelpa,
- Arnaud Spangenberg,
- Jun Liang,
- Alexis Mosset,
- Muamer Kadic
Affiliations
- Qingxiang Ji
- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments, Harbin Institute of Technology
- Johnny Moughames
- Institute FEMTO-ST, CNRS, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté
- Xueyan Chen
- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments, Harbin Institute of Technology
- Guodong Fang
- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments, Harbin Institute of Technology
- Juan J. Huaroto
- Institute FEMTO-ST, CNRS, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté
- Vincent Laude
- Institute FEMTO-ST, CNRS, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté
- Julio Andrés Iglesias Martínez
- Institute FEMTO-ST, CNRS, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté
- Gwenn Ulliac
- Institute FEMTO-ST, CNRS, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté
- Cédric Clévy
- Institute FEMTO-ST, CNRS, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté
- Philippe Lutz
- Institute FEMTO-ST, CNRS, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté
- Kanty Rabenorosoa
- Institute FEMTO-ST, CNRS, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté
- Valerian Guelpa
- Institute FEMTO-ST, CNRS, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté
- Arnaud Spangenberg
- Université de Haute-Alsace, CNRS, IS2M UMR 7361
- Jun Liang
- Institute of Advanced Structure Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology
- Alexis Mosset
- Institute FEMTO-ST, CNRS, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté
- Muamer Kadic
- Institute FEMTO-ST, CNRS, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-021-00189-0
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 2,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 6
Abstract
4D metamaterials offer the additional functionality of being responsive to external stimuli. Here, a metamaterial-based soft robot is composed of bilayer plates that can rotate and translate in response to thermal stimuli, allowing controlled motion.
