在带状集群元单元中使用储存的弹性能量进行可重编程的断裂形态发生
Yaoye Hong1, Caizhi Zhou1, Haitao Qing1
1Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
Nature materials
|October 10, 2025
概括
研究人员开发了一种能够通过可编程弹性能量形成13种不同的形状的新型元单元. 这一突破使得自主,可重编程的形态发生在独立结构中的高级应用程序成为可能.
科学领域:
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 机械学 机械学 机械学
- 机器人技术 机器人技术 机器人技术
背景情况:
- 大自然利用储存的弹性能量进行快速的形状变化.
- 在独立的结构中复制自主,可重编程的形态发生是具有挑战性的.
- 现有的设计通常依赖于单一的带或复杂的机制.
研究的目的:
- 创建一个多功能,独立的体积结构,具有可编程的改变形状的能力.
- 使用弹性能量实现自主和可重编程的形态发生.
- 探索软机器人和可部署设备中的应用.
主要方法:
- 设计了一个灯形的带集群元单元.
- 利用可编程和可重新编程的弹性能量来改变形状.
- 为自主路径选择而在带之间进行杆性鼻联接.
- 在特定的形态遗传转换中使用磁性启动.
主要成果:
- 从单个元单元中实现了超过13种不同的体积切割形态.
- 演示了一个可调整的机械设计空间,可达到多达四个可调整状态.
- 通过鼻腔合启用了通过鼻腔合自主选择抓取路径.
- 展示了磁力驱动的芽到花和三形态的形态发生.
结论:
- 建立了对具有可编程形状,稳定性和功能的建筑材料的一般框架.
- 已经证明了快速,非侵入性的抓取和远程流量调节的潜力.
- 为软机器人,可部署设备和机械逻辑应用开辟了新的途径.
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