These soft-bodied machines are poised to revolutionize confined space tasks and biomedical applications.
The unique characteristics of these robots make them highly suitable for tasks in confined spaces. Their rubber bodies ensure a gentle touch, making them ideal for transporting delicate cargo in fragile environments.
Anikeeva added, "If you are trying to operate in a constrained environment, a moving magnet may not be the safest solution. You want to have a stationary instrument that just applies a magnetic field to the whole sample."Addressing this challenge, Youngbin Lee, a former graduate student in Anikeeva's lab, devised a solution. The robots he developed possess non-uniform magnetization, strategically magnetized in various zones and directions.
A third material with magnetic potential is incorporated into a channel within the rubbery fiber to enable movement. After the spiral shape is formed, a specific magnetization pattern is introduced, allowing the robots to be programmed for their intended movement. The compression is released upon reducing the magnetic field to zero, resulting in stretching movements that propel the robot forward. In another design, two foot-like helical fibers connected with a joint are magnetized in a pattern that mimics walking.
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