Soft Robotic Manipulation and Locomotion with a 3D Printed Electroactive Hydrogel
- Journal
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
- Vol
- 10
- Page
- 17512
- Year
- 2018
- File
- 2018_ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces.pdf (9.9M) 8회 다운로드 DATE : 2022-03-07 11:35:52
- Link
- https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.8b04250 695회 연결
Electroactive hydrogels (EAH) that exhibit large deformation in response to an electric field have received great attention as a potential actuating material for soft robots and artificial muscle. However, their application has been limited due to the use of traditional two-dimensional (2D) fabrication methods. Here we present soft robotic manipulation and locomotion with 3D printed EAH microstructures. Through 3D design and precise dimensional control enabled by a digital light processing (DLP) based micro 3D printing technique, complex 3D actuations of EAH are achieved. We demonstrate soft robotic actuations including gripping and transporting an object and a bidirectional locomotion.