A bioinspired soft actuated material.
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.
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA; Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, 3 Blackfan circle, Boston, MA, 02155, USA.
Ellen T
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Roche
Robert
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Wohlfarth
Johannes T B
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Overvelde
Nikolay V
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Vasilyev
Frank A
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Pigula
David J
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Mooney
Katia
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Bertoldi
Conor J
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Walsh
D040761:Biomimetic Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004548:Elasticity; D020342:Finite Element Analysis; D006244:Hardness; D006321:Heart / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008422:Materials Testing; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D009038:Motion; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D009206:Myocardium; D009210:Myofibrils / Q000502:physiology; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D013270:Stomach / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology
biomimetic motion; embedded actuators; pneumatic actuators; soft actuated material; three-dimensional motion