RealFeedApp Frog-shaped robot swam 80 millimeters in 1 minute 54 seconds
Researchers from Denmark and Luxembourg built a gram-scale frog robot that moves using flashes of near-infrared light activating liquid crystal muscles on its hind legs. The robot completed a lap of 80 millimeters in an average of 1 minute 54 seconds.
- Field
- robotics
- What they did
- Scientists created a frog-shaped robot weighing less than a gram that swims without a motor or battery, using light to activate its liquid crystal muscles.
- Why it matters
- This robot can swim on water for a distance of about 80 millimeters, completing the lap in an average of 1 minute 54 seconds.
#soft robotics#liquid crystal#near-infrared#3d printing#muscle actuation
