Soft Active Materials for Actuation, Sensing, and Electronics

Future generations of robots, electronics, and assistive medical devices will include systems that are soft and elastically deformable, allowing them to adapt their morphology in unstructured environments. This will require soft active materials for actuation, circuitry, and sensing of deformation a...

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Main Author: Kramer, Rebecca Krone
Other Authors: Wood, Robert J.
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2012
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Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10368
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:9288547