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A light-driven artificial flytrap
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The sophistication, complexity and intelligence of biological systems is a continuous source of inspiration for mankind. Mimicking the natural intelligence to devise tiny systems that are capable of self-regulated, autonomous action to, for example, distinguish different targets, remains among the grand challenges in biomimetic micro-robotics. Herein, we demonstrate an autonomous soft device, a light-driven flytrap, that uses optical feedback to trigger photomechanical actuation. The design is based on light-responsive liquid-crystal elastomer, fabricated onto the tip of an optical fibre, which acts as a power source and serves as a contactless probe that senses the environment. Mimicking natural flytraps, this artificial flytrap is capable of autonomous closure and object recognition. It enables self-regulated actuation within the fibre-sized architecture, thus opening up avenues towards soft, autonomous small-scale devices.
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- Authors
- Wani, O. M., Zeng, H., & Priimagi, A.
- Venue
- Nature Communications
- Published
- 2017-05-23
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 15546-15546
- ISSN
- 2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2620244975
- Cited by
- 703
- References
- 4
- FWCI
- 48.95
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
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