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Mechanical solitary wave transmission through elastic media with and without computation unit
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A Mimosa-inspired autonomous soft machine based on integrated mechanical computing
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Simulation of mechanical solitary wave transmission with a mechanical computing unit
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NOT gate operation
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AND gate operation
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Or gate operation
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Simulation of 1D cascaded computing
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Experimental demonstration of 1D cascaded computing
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A Mimosa-inspired soft hydrogel actuator
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A Mimosa-inspired soft machine
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Experimental demonstration of 2D cascaded computing
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Muscle-like LCE film showing fast deformation of contraction and expansion due to air-blowing-induced temperature fluctuation (heated at 100 °C, in real time).
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Comparison of self-assembled mushroom-like mirror arrays with uniform spacing design (d) and non-uniform spacing design (in real time).
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Sequential actuation of microhairs powered by linear sweeping of laser (in real time).
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Programmable disassembly process for selectively opening bi-assembly pixels for information storage (in real time).
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Laser-enabled global disassembly process of uniform bi-assembly arrays (shown five times faster).
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A 0 to 360° rotation of microhairs powered by circular sweeping of laser (in real time).
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Putty growing under magnetic gradient
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Putty vine grows and wraps around a post under magnetic fields
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Magnetic putty robot crawling
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Using magnetic putty as an adaptive magnet with changing polarities
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Using magnetic putty Halbach cylinder to actuate a magnetized sheet robot
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Magnetic putty sphere relaxes its shape in an hour
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Magnetic putty sphere bounces off hard surfaces
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Deformation of a conventional PNIPAM hydrogel during heating and cooling.
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Deformation of a PNIPAM/PVA hydrogel during heating and cooling.
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Deformation of a LIHAM during heating and cooling.
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Achiral transformation of a square metalattice (printed with 50 mW) with a hatching distance of 10 µm.
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Chiral transformation of a square metalattice (printed with 20 mW) with a hatching distance of 10 µm.
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Geometrical transformation of a triangular metalattice (printed with 30 mW) with a hatching distance of 10 µm.
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3D reconstructed rotation showing geometrical transformations of a tent-like 3D architecture (IP-S).
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Locomotion of cylindrical humidity sensor
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Humidity-induced blooming of artificial colorful flower
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Humidity-induced color and shape change of the artificial butterfly
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Motile walking robot for humidity sensing
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Locomotion of motile cylindrical humidity sensor
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Propagation of a transition wave in a lattice of bistable elements
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Transistor like control of transition wave propagation
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Magnetic control of velocity of transition waves
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magnetic control of the direction of propagation of transition waves
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Magnetic control of the functionality of a binary logical element: OR gate
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Magnetic control of the functionality of a binary logical element: AND gate
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Introducing bistability in an inherently monostable beam
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Microtexturized PSAs Perching upside down
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FEA of PSA with longitudinal pre-stretch
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High-speed pre-stressed soft actuators
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Gripping and zero-power holding using helical PSA
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Single-input PSA with a programmed actuation sequence
