Light-steered locomotion of muscle-like hydrogel by self-coordinated shape change and friction modulation

Artificial robots often require multiple independently activated actuators to achieve multimodal locomotion. Here, the authors report a hydrogel-based, biomimetic soft robot capable of multimodal locomotion fueled and steered by light irradiation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Qing Li Zhu, Cong Du, Yahao Dai, Matthias Daab, Marian Matejdes, Josef Breu, Wei Hong, Qiang Zheng, Zi Liang Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18801-1