Jiao Ye1, Wentao Xiang2,3, Cai Cheng2,3

  • 1School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, 430205, China. yejiao18@mails.ucas.ac.cn.

Soft matter
|February 19, 2024
PubMed
概括

液体金属 (LMs) 是先进软机器人的关键,可以改变形状和自主运动. 这篇评论详细介绍了LM原理和操纵方法,用于开发高度机动的液体机器人.

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