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Scientists developed smart robotic materials that can reshape themselves like living tissues
- Scientists have developed smart robotic materials inspired by living tissues, capable of reshaping themselves and changing properties on demand.
- These materials mimic biological processes, allowing structures to transform without external force, impacting sectors like manufacturing and medicine.
- The robotic system developed by researchers at the University of California and TU Dresden can switch between rigid and fluid-like states, similar to living cells.
- Designing such materials involves internal power and active control to enable self-reconfiguration.
- Inspired by embryonic development, the robotic materials use active forces, signaling, and adhesion to achieve shape transformation.
- Robots with motorized gears and light sensors mimic cellular motion and direction. Magnets enable adhesion and fluid rearrangement.
- By encoding signal fluctuations, the robots can transition between solid and fluid states, enhancing efficiency and adaptability.
- The method of using fluctuations for movement reduces power consumption and allows for real-time modulation of material properties.
- Scalability of the robotic system to miniaturized units could open possibilities for reconfigurable architecture and adaptable prosthetics.
- Future applications may include self-repairing bridges, shape-shifting clothing, and dynamic medical implants, offering a glimpse into a technologically advanced future.
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