초록 |
Robotic material systems are integrated hierarchies of multiple functional composite materials, whose behavior can be programmed and controlled. These material systems can attain multiple functionalities that work in tandem, conducive to generate new types of intelligent robots. Moreover, robotic material systems can be designed for manufacturing and streamline the mass-production of soft/micro robots. Manufacturing robotic material systems typically entails the incorporation of functional fillers and orchestrating their roles in a single composite system, to perform specific tasks at different length scales without necessitating a complex extrinsic control system. Therefore, to design and manufacture a robotic materials system is a collective art of Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering. In this talk, I will present a class of robotic material systems that are designed for scalable manufacturing, a process conducive to their mass-production. |