A bioinspired multilegged soft millirobot that functions in both dry and wet conditions

Haojian Lu; Mei Zhang; Yuanyuan Yang; Qiang Huang; Toshio Fukuda; Zuankai Wang; Yajing Shen

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-06491-9

Nature Communications (Sep 2018)

A bioinspired multilegged soft millirobot that functions in both dry and wet conditions

Haojian Lu,
Mei Zhang,
Yuanyuan Yang,
Qiang Huang,
Toshio Fukuda,
Zuankai Wang,
Yajing Shen

Affiliations

Haojian Lu: Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong
Mei Zhang: Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong
Yuanyuan Yang: Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong
Qiang Huang: Bejing Advanced Innovation Center for Intelligent Robots and Systems, Beijing Institute of Technology
Toshio Fukuda: Bejing Advanced Innovation Center for Intelligent Robots and Systems, Beijing Institute of Technology
Zuankai Wang: Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong
Yajing Shen: Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06491-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Despite the enormous potential of magnetically-guided soft robots for various applications, challenges related to inefficient locomotion in harsh environments hinder its development. Here, the authors demonstrate a multi-legged millirobot with excellent locomotion capability in harsh environments.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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