Elastomeric tiles for the fabrication of inflatable structures

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 35, 2014, Pages 5541-5549

  Morin, Stephen A ^a   Kwok, Sen Wai ^a   Lessing, Joshua ^a   Ting, Jason ^a   Shepherd, Robert F ^a   Stokes, Adam A ^a   Whitesides, George M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dovetails; joinery; soft actuators; soft machines; soft robots

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; INFLATABLE STRUCTURES; PNEUMATICS; POLYMERS;

DOVETAILS; JOINERY; SOFT ACTUATORS; SOFT MACHINE; SOFT ROBOT;

FABRICATION;

EID: 85027955675     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201401339     Document Type: Article

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