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. 2014 Feb 26;26(8):1200-6.
doi: 10.1002/adma.201304018. Epub 2013 Nov 8.

A bioinspired soft actuated material

Ellen T Roche  1 , Robert Wohlfarth, Johannes T B Overvelde, Nikolay V Vasilyev, Frank A Pigula, David J Mooney, Katia Bertoldi, Conor J Walsh
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A bioinspired soft actuated material

Ellen T Roche et al. Adv Mater. .

Abstract

A class of soft actuated materials that can achieve lifelike motion is presented. By embedding pneumatic actuators in a soft material inspired by a biological muscle fibril architecture, and developing a simple finite element simulation of the same, tunable biomimetic motion can be achieved with fully soft structures, exemplified here by an active left ventricle simulator.

Keywords: biomimetic motion; embedded actuators; pneumatic actuators; soft actuated material; three-dimensional motion.

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