Design and fabrication of a three-dimensional meso-sized robotic metamaterial with actively controlled properties
- 3 September 2019
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Materials Horizons
- Vol. 7 (1) , 229-235
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
Funding Information
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research (FA9550-18-1-0459)
- National Science Foundation (EECS-1542159)
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