Electrically Controlled Soft Tubular Actuators -- 1 (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Electrically Controlled Soft Tubular Actuators -- 1

Caption

Depending on which heating wires are electrically activated (red), the soft tubular actuator can bend in six different directions (outer images) and contract in length (center image).

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Qiguang He

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