Hydraulic hydrogel actuators and robots optically and sonically camouflaged in water

Sea animals such as leptocephali develop tissues and organs composed of active transparent hydrogels to achieve agile motions and natural camouflage in water. Hydrogel-based actuators that can imitate the capabilities of leptocephali will enable new applications in diverse fields. However, existing...

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Main Authors: Yuk, Hyunwoo, Lin, Shaoting, Ma, Chu, Takaffoli, Mahdi, Fang, Xuanlai, Zhao, Xuanhe
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/110165
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