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A Multimodal Magnetically Driven Soft Robot With Integrated Actuation‐Sensing Based on Photothermal Reprogramming Technology

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This work reports a thermally safe, photothermally reprogrammable magnetic soft robot with its reprogramming temperature tuned to ∼39.5°C for biocompatibility. It achieves multimodal locomotion (max speed of 1.8 BL/s) and integrates liquid‐metal capacitive sensing to monitor self‐motion and detect environmental changes in simulated gastric environments,
Liu Yang, Yuliao Dong, Kangning Li, Cheng Jing, Ben Wang, Lin Xu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Versatile‐Designable Framework for Active and Programmable Shape‐Morphing Soft Matter Systems: From Inverse Design to Closed‐Loop Control

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A versatile framework integrates addressable electrothermal actuation and strain‐constraint mechanisms to construct programmable shape‐morphing soft matter systems. By combining an analytical inverse design strategy for high‐fidelity 3D surface reconstruction with deep learning‐based closed‐loop control, this approach enables zero‐energy shape locking,
Kai Liu, Peiling Xie, Ruitong Song, Banghan Liu, Rui Guo, Jiu‐an Lv   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bistable Networks Enable Complex Shape Changes

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Transition‐controlled metamaterials are networks of bistable mechanical memory that store local binary states and express them as global shape change. By decoupling low‐force programming from high‐force holding, a single lattice is reconfigured into distinct 2D profiles and 3D surfaces without continuous actuation, enabling reusable morphing materials ...
Sawyer Thomas, Jeffrey Lipton
wiley   +1 more source

Two developmental switch points for the wing polymorphisms in the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum [PDF]

, 2013
Background: In many insect taxa, wing polymorphism is known to be a consequence of tradeoffs between flight and other life-history traits. The pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum exhibits various morphs with or without wings associated with their complex life ...
Miura, Toru, Ogawa, Kota, Toru Miura, Kota Ogawa   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Quantifying the dynamic wing morphing of hovering hummingbird [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2017
Animal wings are lightweight and flexible; hence, during flapping flight their shapes change. It has been known that such dynamic wing morphing reduces aerodynamic cost in insects, but the consequences in vertebrate flyers, particularly birds, are not well understood.
Masateru Maeda, Toshiyuki Nakata, Ikuo Kitamura, Hiroto Tanaka, Hao Liu   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Evolution of Physical Intelligence Across Scales

Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
By following the evolution of physical intelligence across scales, this article shows how intelligence arises from materials, structures, physical interactions, and collectives. It establishes physical intelligence as the evolutionary foundation upon which embodied intelligence is built.
Ke Liu, Tianyun Huang, Aming Li, Pengyu Lv, Tingting Qin, Wenhui Chen, Hui Wei, Huiling Duan   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Continuous Variation in Wing Length and Flight Musculature in a Tropical Field Cricket, Teleogryllus derelictus: Implications for the Evolution of Wing Dimorphism [PDF]

, 2003
The highlights of the paper entitled "Continuous variation in wing length and flight musculature in a tropical filed cricket, Teleogryllus derelictus: implications for the evolution of wing dimorphism (Entomological Science, 4: 195-208, 2001)" are ...
50330, 新井, 哲夫, 片桐, 千仭, 50332, 50331, 中村, 浩二, 70111755, 田中, 誠二, 49283   +8 more
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Decoupling of sexual signals and their underlying morphology facilitates rapid phenotypic diversification

Evolution Letters, 2022
How novel phenotypes evolve is challenging to imagine because traits are often underlain by numerous integrated phenotypic components, and changes to any one form can disrupt the function of the entire module. Yet novel phenotypes do emerge, and research
James H. Gallagher, David M. Zonana, E. Dale Broder, Brianna K. Herner, Robin M. Tinghitella   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

SMA actuators for morphing wings

Physics Procedia, 2010
AbstractAn experimental morphing laminar wing was developed to prove the feasibility of aircraft fuel consumption reduction through enhancement of the laminar flow regime over the wing extrados. The morphing wing prototype designed for subsonic cruise flight conditions (Mach 0.2…0.3; angle of attack −1…+2∘), combines three principal subsystems: (1 ...
Brailovski, V., Terriault, P., Georges, T., Coutu, D.   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Toward Fully Soft and Multifunctional Shape Sensing via Optical Waveguide Arrays

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This work develops a sheet made with arrays of soft optical fibers that can reconstruct its 3D surface shape. Synergy of the waveguides’ responses to bending and pressing force allows shape reconstruction with resilience to damage. Applied onto surfaces of robotic or living systems, our design can be implemented in virtual reality, teleoperation ...
Qifan Yu, Nina Cao, Kaitlyn Becker
wiley   +1 more source