Liquid metal robotics: a new category of soft robotics on the horizon  

液态金属机器人:一种新型的软体机器人技术已露端倪(英文)

作　　者：徐杰 

机构地区：[1]Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering,University of Illinois at Chicago

出　　处：《Science Bulletin》2015年第11期1047-1048,I0008,共3页科学通报（英文版）

摘　　要：Traditional machinery and robotics owe much of its success to the ability of rigid metals to bear stresses without deforming. This assumption, however, breaks down at the biological and cellular scales, where the inflexibility and rigidity of conventional engineering become a liability when compared to the adaptability, multifunctionality, and self-sufficiency of biomaterials. In the past few years, interest has grown significantly in the field of soft robotics-- machinery capable of duplicating the elastic and rheological properties of biological tissues and organs, typically oolvmeric or elastomeric in nature .Traditional machinery and robotics owe much of its success to the ability of rigid metals to bear stresses without deforming.This assumption,however,breaks down at the biological and cellular scales,where the inflexibility

关 键 词：机器人技术 液态金属 地平线 生物材料 弹性性质 传统机械 多功能性 流变性能 

分 类 号：TP242[自动化与计算机技术—检测技术与自动化装置]