Multi-functional soft-bodied jellyfish-like swimming

Ziyu Ren; Wenqi Hu; Xiaoguang Dong; Metin Sitti

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-10549-7

Nature Communications (Jul 2019)

Multi-functional soft-bodied jellyfish-like swimming

Ziyu Ren,
Wenqi Hu,
Xiaoguang Dong,
Metin Sitti

Affiliations

Ziyu Ren: Physical Intelligence Department, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
Wenqi Hu: Physical Intelligence Department, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
Xiaoguang Dong: Physical Intelligence Department, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
Metin Sitti: Physical Intelligence Department, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10549-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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It is challenging to reduce the size of untethered swimming robots whilst keeping their multiple manipulation and other functions. Ren et al. achieve this goal using a jellyfish-inspired soft millirobot design in an oscillating magnetic field, which can be operated in fluids with moderate Reynolds numbers.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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