SWARM
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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