Self‐Sensing Robotic Structures from Architectured Particle Assemblies
The tight coupling of shape transformation, stiffness tuning, and self‐sensing that biological organisms exhibit has long served as inspiration for next‐generation soft robots. However, most current soft robots rely on intrinsically soft materials for actuation, separately embedded sensors for sensi...
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| author | Xudong Yang Zongzheng Wang Bojian Zhang Tianyu Chen Changhong Linghu Kunlin Wu Guohui Wang Hailu Wang Yifan Wang |
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| description | The tight coupling of shape transformation, stiffness tuning, and self‐sensing that biological organisms exhibit has long served as inspiration for next‐generation soft robots. However, most current soft robots rely on intrinsically soft materials for actuation, separately embedded sensors for sensing, and have fixed stiffness once fabricated. Large gaps remain between these soft robots and biological organisms where multifunctionality is realized within an integrated body. Herein, a new class of robotic structures from architectured particle assemblies is introduced. They combine three functions: shape changing, stiffness variation, and self‐sensing into one monolithic structure. Unlike traditional entirely soft robots, the design utilizes the geometric contacts of stiff, architectured particles under confining pressure to achieve these functions. The applications of these structures by designing smart self‐sensing architectures and soft grippers are demonstrated. The design provides a new paradigm of multifunctional robotic structures, with potential multiscale applications in adaptive robots, smart devices, and reconfigurable architectures. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e4a1d767b6bf426c8c46b5b942206ee82023-01-21T05:53:26ZengWileyAdvanced Intelligent Systems2640-45672023-01-0151n/an/a10.1002/aisy.202200250Self‐Sensing Robotic Structures from Architectured Particle AssembliesXudong Yang0Zongzheng Wang1Bojian Zhang2Tianyu Chen3Changhong Linghu4Kunlin Wu5Guohui Wang6Hailu Wang7Yifan Wang8School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Nanyang Technological University Singapore 639798 SingaporeSchool of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Nanyang Technological University Singapore 639798 SingaporeSchool of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Nanyang Technological University Singapore 639798 SingaporeSchool of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Nanyang Technological University Singapore 639798 SingaporeSchool of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Nanyang Technological University Singapore 639798 SingaporeSchool of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Nanyang Technological University Singapore 639798 SingaporeSchool of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Nanyang Technological University Singapore 639798 SingaporeSchool of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Nanyang Technological University Singapore 639798 SingaporeSchool of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Nanyang Technological University Singapore 639798 SingaporeThe tight coupling of shape transformation, stiffness tuning, and self‐sensing that biological organisms exhibit has long served as inspiration for next‐generation soft robots. However, most current soft robots rely on intrinsically soft materials for actuation, separately embedded sensors for sensing, and have fixed stiffness once fabricated. Large gaps remain between these soft robots and biological organisms where multifunctionality is realized within an integrated body. Herein, a new class of robotic structures from architectured particle assemblies is introduced. They combine three functions: shape changing, stiffness variation, and self‐sensing into one monolithic structure. Unlike traditional entirely soft robots, the design utilizes the geometric contacts of stiff, architectured particles under confining pressure to achieve these functions. The applications of these structures by designing smart self‐sensing architectures and soft grippers are demonstrated. The design provides a new paradigm of multifunctional robotic structures, with potential multiscale applications in adaptive robots, smart devices, and reconfigurable architectures.https://doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202200250architectured materialsrobotic structuresself-sensingstiffness tunable3D printing |
| spellingShingle | Xudong Yang Zongzheng Wang Bojian Zhang Tianyu Chen Changhong Linghu Kunlin Wu Guohui Wang Hailu Wang Yifan Wang Self‐Sensing Robotic Structures from Architectured Particle Assemblies Advanced Intelligent Systems architectured materials robotic structures self-sensing stiffness tunable 3D printing |
| title | Self‐Sensing Robotic Structures from Architectured Particle Assemblies |
| title_full | Self‐Sensing Robotic Structures from Architectured Particle Assemblies |
| title_fullStr | Self‐Sensing Robotic Structures from Architectured Particle Assemblies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Self‐Sensing Robotic Structures from Architectured Particle Assemblies |
| title_short | Self‐Sensing Robotic Structures from Architectured Particle Assemblies |
| title_sort | self sensing robotic structures from architectured particle assemblies |
| topic | architectured materials robotic structures self-sensing stiffness tunable 3D printing |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202200250 |
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