ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2024
Sidewinder-Inspired Self-Adjusting, Lateral-Rolling Soft Robots for Autonomous Terrain Exploration.
Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- High Center-of-Mass, Multi-Legged Soft Robots Powered by Geometrically Encoded Liquid Crystal Elastomer Arc Appendages.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026Article
- Self-Oscillating Helix Showing Amplified Winding and Unwinding Motions.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026Article
- Buprestidae metamorphosis-inspired stiffening photonic elastomers for shape-color integrated memory and information encryption.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Pluralizing actuation behavior of 3D printable liquid crystal elastomers via polymerization sequence control.Science advances · 2024Article
- Sidewinder-Inspired Self-Adjusting, Lateral-Rolling Soft Robots for Autonomous Terrain Exploration.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Helical structures of liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) hold promise in soft robotics for self-regulated rolling motions. The understanding of their motion paths and potentials for terrain exploration remains limited. This study introduces a self-adjusting, lateral-rolling soft robot inspired by sidewinder snakes. The spring-like LCE helical filaments (HFs) autonomously respond to thermal cues, demonstrating dynamic and sustainable locomotion with adaptive rolling along non-linear paths. By fine-tuning the diameter, pitch, and modulus of the LCE HFs, and the environmental temperature, the movements of the LCE HFs, allowing for exploration of diverse terrains over a 600 cm
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