Contents
07 April 2021
Vol 6, Issue 53
Vol 6, Issue 53
Research Articles
- High–load capacity origami transformable wheel
Composite membrane origami enables high-payload transformable wheels for a passenger vehicle.
- Robotic surfaces with reversible, spatiotemporal control for shape morphing and object manipulation
A soft, robotic surface can continuously and controllably morph into arbitrary shapes and manipulate objects.
- Programmable and reprocessable multifunctional elastomeric sheets for soft origami robots
2D sheet surfaces are selectively modified and infused with active particles for programmable 3D multifunctional soft robots.
- Somatosensory actuator based on stretchable conductive photothermally responsive hydrogel
Sensing and actuation integrate in a monolithic somatosensitive molecularly engineered actuatable material for soft robotics.
About The Cover
ONLINE COVER A Wheel Advance. Transformable wheels based on membrane origami have the potential for large shape variation, high weight-to-payload ratio, and simple fabrication. However, existing membrane origami wheels have limited a load-bearing capacity. By introducing a wireframe design rule that accomodates thick membranes, Lee et al. have developed a high payload membrane origami wheel capable of bearing more than a 10-kN load. The load-bearing property of the wheel design was validated in a passenger vehicle field test. This month's cover is an illustration of a high load capacity origami transformable wheel. [CREDIT: SOFT ROBOTICS RESEARCH CENTER, SNU]
