Illinois researchers Weichen Li, left, and professor Shelly Zhang demonstrate how optimization theory and computer algorithms may lead the way for soft robotics and metamaterials design. Credit: L. Brian Stauffer
A new study challenges the conventional approach to designing soft robotics and a class of materials called metamaterials by utilizing the power of computer algorithms. Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Technical University of Denmark can now build multimaterial structures without dependence on human intuition or trial-and-error to produce highly efficient actuators and energy absorbers that mimic designs found in nature.
The study, led by Illinois civil and …
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