Controllable water surface to underwater transition through electrowetting in a hybrid terrestrial-aquatic microrobot
Some animals have multimodal locomotive capabilities to survive in different environments. Inspired by nature, Chen et al. build a centimeter-scaled robot that is capable of walking on water, underwater, on land, and transiting among all three, whose ‘feet’ break water by modifying surface tension....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2018-06-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04855-9 |