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Shape programmable magnetic pixel soft robot

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赵冉 (Ran Zhao)
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Houde Dai *
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Hanchen Yao
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Yafeng Shi
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Guopeng Zhou
DOI:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11415delete
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Magnetic soft robots (MSRs) can achieve controllable shape-morphing by magnetic programming to the magnetic elastomer. However, the magnetization profile is usually implemented on a continuous region and is unchangeable. The deformation and function design of MSR hence is limited. This study presents a programmable magnetic pixel soft robot (MPSR). By encapsulating liquid-metal/NdFeB composites into a Silicone shell, the thermal-magnetic response functional film with lattice-structure is fabricated, with the highest pixel resolution of 1 x 1 mm(2). A piece of laser-assisted magnetic programming equipment is developed to implement magnetic encoding on discrete regions of the film. Therefore, a mathematical model is proposed to help calculate the magnetic codes according to the preset end shape. At last, several pixel-structure MPSRs are prepared and tested. Experimental results show that using the magnetic encoding technique, we can reconfigure the deformations and functions of the robot. This study provides a basis for the programmed shape regulation and motion design of the soft robot.
Keywords:
Soft robot
Magnetic pixel
Magnetic encoding
Programmable shape
Liquid-metal
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