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Actuation of untethered pneumatic artificial muscles and soft robots using magnetically induced liquid-to-gas phase transitions
- View ORCID ProfileSeyed M. Mirvakili1,*,
- Douglas Sim2,
- Ian W. Hunter3 and
- View ORCID ProfileRobert Langer1,4,5,6
- 1Koch Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- 2Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
- 3BioInstrumentation Lab, Mechanical Engineering Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- 4Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- 5Division of Health Science and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- 6Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- ↵*Corresponding author. Email: seyed{at}mit.edu
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Science Robotics 15 Apr 2020:
Vol. 5, Issue 41, eaaz4239
DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.aaz4239
Vol. 5, Issue 41, eaaz4239
DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.aaz4239
Seyed M. Mirvakili
1Koch Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Douglas Sim
2Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
Ian W. Hunter
3BioInstrumentation Lab, Mechanical Engineering Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Robert Langer
1Koch Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
4Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
5Division of Health Science and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
6Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
