Programming Soft Robots with Flexible Mechanical Metamaterials
Soft Condensed Matter
2025-07-01 v1 Materials Science
Robotics
Abstract
The complex behavior of highly deformable mechanical metamaterials can substantially enhance the performance of soft robots.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1906.00306,
title = {Programming Soft Robots with Flexible Mechanical Metamaterials},
author = {Ahmad Rafsanjani and Katia Bertoldi and André R. Studart},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.00306},
year = {2025}
}
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