“Soft Robots” and Ionoprinting
November 26, 2013 | Terry Sharrer
Artificial muscles, intelligent sensors, biomimetic microbots, micropatterned films, and cell scaffolds are some of the applications engineers at North Carolina State University imagine for “soft robotics”—i.e. copper ion imbedded hydrogels that can change shape in response to an electrical current. A video shows how the concept works. MORE
Image Credit: North Carolina State University and Gizmag.com