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Design and fabrication of a three-dimensional meso-sized robotic metamaterial with actively controlled properties

Chenyang Luo, Yuanping Song, Chang Zhao, Sridharan Thirumalai, Ian Ladner, Michael Cullinan, Jonathan B. Hopkins

Year
2019
Citations
24

Abstract

We introduce and fabricate a metamaterial that consists of 5 mm-sized 3D cells that each possess actuators, sensors, and circuitry to enable desired mechanical properties that emerge from closed-loop swarm control according to uploaded instructions.

Keywords

MetamaterialFabricationActuatorMaterials scienceNanotechnologyClosed loopUploadComputer scienceOptoelectronicsControl engineering

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