Machines made of soft materials bridge life sciences and engineering. Advances in soft materials have led to skin-like sensors and muscle-like actuators for soft robots and wearable devices. Flexible or stretchable counterparts of most key mechatronic components have been developed, principally using fluidically driven systems. other reported mechanisms include electrostatic, stimuli-responsive gels and thermally responsive …
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Posted on: August 23, 2019