28 April 2020

Realistic thin-film robots that can move and feel!

Mini kirigami somatosensory light-driven thin-film robots. The scale bar is 1 cm.
Mini kirigami somatosensory light-driven thin-film robots. The scale bar is 1 cm.

If you thought you were looking at an artistic tableau created by an entomologist, take a closer look! These delicate and life-like creations are actually thinner-than-paper "soft" robots inspired by nature, with the ability to simultaneously detect strain and temperature, then move in response! This latest development is led by Associate Professor Ho Ghim Wei of NUS Electrical and Computer Engineering.

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