Electromagnetic induction enables micro-robots to better mimic biological organisms
MRS Bulletin Materials News Podcast
English - June 05, 2023 13:00 - 3 minutes - 2.24 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsScience News Tech News materials research materials science 3d bioprinting artificial intelligence machine learning bioelectronics perovskites quantum materials robotics and synthetic biology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this podcast episode, MRS Bulletin’s Laura Leay interviews Carmel Majidi from Carnegie Mellon University about an adaptive-responsive soft micro-robot. The key is eliciting a liquid–solid phase transition through electromagnetic induction. In addition to using the magnetic field to induce the phase change, it can also be used to make the machine move. A soft, low-rigidity body is vital for adapting a miniature machine to a variety of applications or a changing environment. This work was published in a recent issue of Matter.