Researchers develop HEXEL modules with magnetic connections and muscle-like contractions, enabling robots to roll, jump, and crawl.
The actuator pouches’ electrodes zipped together with applied voltage, pushing liquid dielectric to vertices and rapidly contracting the module.
Experiments showed these modules can create robots with capabilities such as rolling, jumping, and crawling. Pneumatic actuators, though effective, face reconfiguration and efficiency challenges. Shape memory alloys and dielectric elastomer actuators offer untethered operation but are limited by slow response or manufacturing difficulties.and soft actuator pouches filled with liquid dielectric material at the connections, inspired by the way bones translate forces generated by muscles.
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