Blooming Knit Flowers: Loop-Linked Soft Morphing Structures for Soft Robotics.
A loop-linked structure, which is capable of morphing in various modes, including volumetric transformation, is developed based on knitting methods. Morphing flowers (a lily-like, a daffodil-like, gamopetalous, and a calla-like flower) are fabricated using loop patterning, and their blooming motion is demonstrated by controlling a current that selectively actuates the flowers petals.
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Gwanak-ro 1, Seoul, 151-742, Republic of Korea.
Min-Woo
MW
Han
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Gwanak-ro 1, Seoul, 151-742, Republic of Korea.|Institute of Advanced Machines and Design, Seoul National University, Gwanak-ro 1, Seoul, 151-742, Republic of Korea.
Sung-Hoon
SH
Ahn
loop structures; smart materials; smart textiles; soft morphing; soft robots