soft robotics

Mini-symposium "3D Micro/Nano-Architectures Based On Low-Dimensional Materials" SES 2020 at Minneapolis

Submitted by zhaoqin on Mon, 02/24/2020 - 20:26

conference

SES 2020

Micro/Nano-Architectures

Low-Dimensional Materials

active materials

soft robotics

We are excited by organizing a mini-symposium on 3D Micro/Nano-Architectures Based On Low-Dimensional Materials at the coming Society of Engineering Science (SES) 57th Annual Technical Meeting. More details about the mini-symposium are given below. We are posting this announcement to welcome submitting relevant abstracts to our mini-symposium. The submission is now open and more information on abstract submissions can be found on 2020 SES website with a submission deadline of March 17, 2020. Thank you for your contribution and I am looking forward to seeing you at 2020 SES at Minneapolis.

Postdoc in computational mechanics & topology optimization at SUTD in Singapore

Submitted by OliverWeeger on Tue, 06/25/2019 - 09:59

computational mechanics

soft robotics

We invite applications for Postdoctoral Research Fellow positions with the Bio-inspired Robotics & Design Laboratory (http://brd.sutd.edu.sg) at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD).

A Remotely Controlled Transformable Soft Robot Based on Engineered Cardiac Tissue Construct

Submitted by zichen on Fri, 06/07/2019 - 10:07

Finite Element Method

reconfigurable structure

Many living organisms undergo conspicuous or abrupt changes in body structure, which is often accompanied by a behavioral change. Inspired by the natural metamorphosis, robotic systems can be designed as reconfigurable to be multifunctional. Here, a tissue-engineered transformable robot is developed, which can be remotely controlled to assume different mechanical structures for switching locomotive function.

Journal Club for May/June 2019: Using Instabilities to Control Soft Robots

Submitted by Philipp Rothemund on Mon, 05/13/2019 - 17:04

Journal Club for May 2019: Using Instabilities to Control Soft Robots Philipp Rothemund University of Colorado Boulder

Research Article: Propagation of pop ups in kirigami shells

Submitted by Ahmad Rafsanjani on Fri, 04/19/2019 - 22:57

research

kirigami

architected materials

mechanical metamaterials

Abstract:

A light-powered ultralight tensegrity robot with high deformability and load capacity

Submitted by Zhijian Wang on Mon, 12/24/2018 - 07:31

Tensegrity

soft robotics

Liquid Crystal Elastomers

In our recent work, we construct a hybrid light-powered tensegrity robot composed of both hard and soft materials. The tensegrity robot shows great scalability, deployability, impact-mitigation capability, high load capacity, and can be precisely controlled to move on multiterrains. It is an example of combining interesting structures and interesting actuating materials in soft robotics.

Abstract:

Soft wall-climbing robots

Submitted by Guoying Gu on Thu, 12/20/2018 - 13:32

Soft wall-climbing robots

Guoying Gu, Jiang Zou, Ruike Zhao, Xuanhe Zhao and Xiangyang Zhu

Science Robotics, 2018, Vol. 3, Issue 25, eaat2874

No motor, no battery, no problem

Submitted by Osama R. Bilal on Wed, 05/16/2018 - 20:35

research

soft robotics

New robot concept uses responsive materials to swim through water

When we think of robots, we normally think of motors and batteries and electronics, but engineers at Caltech and ETH Zurich have created a swimming robot that's powered by material deformation. That means it's made using materials that change shape in response to temperature swings, and that deformation pushes the device through water.