Seamless multimaterial 3D liquid-crystalline elastomer actuators for next-generation entirely soft robots

Authors: Yubai Zhang, Zhenhua Wang, Yang Yang, Qiaomei Chen, Xiaojie Qian, Yahe Wu, Huan Liang, Yanshuang Xu, Yen Wei, Yan Ji

Published: 2020-02-29

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay8606

Source: Full article

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Abstract

We propose a strategy to make seamless 3D multimaterial entirely soft actuators without the use of tapes or glues.