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SUBMITTER: Tang Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7209986 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tang Yichao Y Chi Yinding Y Sun Jiefeng J Huang Tzu-Hao TH Maghsoudi Omid H OH Spence Andrew A Zhao Jianguo J Su Hao H Yin Jie J
Science advances 20200508 19
Soft machines typically exhibit slow locomotion speed and low manipulation strength because of intrinsic limitations of soft materials. Here, we present a generic design principle that harnesses mechanical instability for a variety of spine-inspired fast and strong soft machines. Unlike most current soft robots that are designed as inherently and unimodally stable, our design leverages tunable snap-through bistability to fully explore the ability of soft robots to rapidly store and release energ ...[more]