Multifunctional metallic backbones for origami robotics with strain sensing and wireless communication capabilities

Haitao Yang; Bok Seng Yeow; Zhipeng Li; Kerui Li; Ting-Hsiang Chang; Lin Jing; Yang Li; John S. Ho; Hongliang Ren; Po-Yen Chen

doi:10.1126/scirobotics.aax7020

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Multifunctional metallic backbones for origami robotics with strain sensing and wireless communication capabilities

Haitao Yang¹,*,
Bok Seng Yeow²,*,
Zhipeng Li³,*,
Kerui Li¹,
Ting-Hsiang Chang¹,
Lin Jing¹,
Yang Li¹,
John S. Ho³,
Hongliang Ren² and
Po-Yen Chen¹,⁴,†

¹Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117585, Singapore.
²Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117583, Singapore.
³Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117583, Singapore.
⁴Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.

↵†Corresponding author. Email: checp{at}nus.edu.sg

↵* These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Science Robotics 28 Aug 2019:
Vol. 4, Issue 33, eaax7020
DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.aax7020

Haitao Yang

1Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117585, Singapore.

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Bok Seng Yeow

2Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117583, Singapore.

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Zhipeng Li

3Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117583, Singapore.

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Kerui Li

1Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117585, Singapore.

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Ting-Hsiang Chang

1Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117585, Singapore.

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Lin Jing

1Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117585, Singapore.

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Yang Li

1Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117585, Singapore.

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John S. Ho

3Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117583, Singapore.

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Hongliang Ren

2Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117583, Singapore.

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Po-Yen Chen

1Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117585, Singapore.

4Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.

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