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A light-driven artificial flytrap
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 g...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5457518/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28534872 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15546 |
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author | Wani, Owies M. Zeng, Hao Priimagi, Arri |
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description | 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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spelling | pubmed-54575182017-06-08 A light-driven artificial flytrap Wani, Owies M. Zeng, Hao Priimagi, Arri Nat Commun Article 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. Nature Publishing Group 2017-05-23 /pmc/articles/PMC5457518/ /pubmed/28534872 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15546 Text en Copyright © 2017, The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Article Wani, Owies M. Zeng, Hao Priimagi, Arri A light-driven artificial flytrap |
title | A light-driven artificial flytrap |
title_full | A light-driven artificial flytrap |
title_fullStr | A light-driven artificial flytrap |
title_full_unstemmed | A light-driven artificial flytrap |
title_short | A light-driven artificial flytrap |
title_sort | light-driven artificial flytrap |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5457518/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28534872 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15546 |
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