可电子配置的微观元叶机器人
Qingkun Liu1,2, Wei Wang1,3, Himani Sinhmar3
1Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Nature materials
|September 11, 2024
概括
微观机器人现在通过kirigami结构和电化学链改变形状. 这些"元机器人"通过电子控制自己的形状来实现机动,为先进的微型机器人打开了大门.
科学领域:
- 机器人技术 机器人技术 机器人技术
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 超材料是什么?超材料是什么?
背景情况:
- 微观运动对于生物来说至关重要,但很难在机器人中进行工程.
- 微型化挑战限制了变形微型机器人的发展.
研究的目的:
- 为了展示微观,电子可配置,变形的元表机器人.
- 为了克服微型化挑战,在创造形状变形的微型机器人方面.
主要方法:
- 使用了具有电化学驱动链的kirigami结构 (10nm到100μm).
- 组织面板成单元细胞,能够在100毫秒内扩展/收缩40%.
- 瓦式单元电池装入金属板中,拥有超过200个链和独立的电子执行区域.
主要成果:
- 在亚毫米机器人 (~1毫米) 中实现了局部扩张.
- 使机器人能够在具有明显曲率分布的多个目标几何体之间切换.
- 通过具有规定的相延迟的电子驱动区域生成的机械运动步态.
结论:
- 为微观,连续的,符合规范的,可编程的机器人提供先进的超材料范式.
- 为可重新配置的微机器,可调节的光学超表面和微型化生物医学设备铺平了道路.
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