Assisted damage closure and healing in soft robots by shape memory alloy wires

Abstract Self-healing soft robots show enormous potential to recover functional performance after healing the damages. However, healing in these systems is limited by the recontact of the fracture surfaces. This paper presents for the first time a shape memory alloy (SMA) wire-reinforced soft bendin...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Seyedreza Kashef Tabrizian, Seppe Terryn, Aleix Costa Cornellà, Joost Brancart, Julie Legrand, Guy Van Assche, Bram Vanderborght
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-35943-6