| Literature DB >> 26384472 |
Benjamin C Mac Murray1, Xintong An2, Sanlin S Robinson1, Ilse M van Meerbeek3, Kevin W O'Brien3, Huichan Zhao3, Robert F Shepherd3.
Abstract
Open-celled, elastomeric foams allow the simple design of fully 3D pneumatic soft machines using common forming techniques. This is demonstrated through the fabrication of simple actuators and an entirely soft, functional fluid pump formed in the shape of the human heart. The device pumps at physiologically relevant frequencies and pressures and attains a flow rate higher than all previously reported soft pumps.Entities:
Keywords: actuators; compliant structures; foams; pneumatic pressures; soft robotics
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26384472 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201503464
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Adv Mater ISSN: 0935-9648 Impact factor: 30.849