An integrated design and fabrication strategy for entirely soft, autonomous robots
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Summary
An untethered operation of a robot composed solely of soft materials that autonomously regulates fluid flow and, hence, catalytic decomposition of an on-board monopropellant fuel supply is reported.
- Type
- article
- Published
- 2016-08-24
- Cited by
- 1,969
- References
- 41
- Access
- Open access
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- https://openalex.org/W2515930553
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Keywords
Robot, Fluidics, Soft robotics, Actuator, Microfluidics
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