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

Huang, Xiaonan; Kumar, Kitty; Jawed, Mohammad K; Nasab, Amir M; Ye, Zisheng; Shan, Wanliang; Majidi, Carmel · Sci Robot · 2018

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

By using compliant lightweight actuators with shape memory alloy, we created untethered soft robots that are capable of dynamic locomotion at biologically relevant speeds.