Liquid Metal Soft Machines Principles and Applications /

This book discusses the core principles and practical applications of a brand new machine category: liquid-metal soft machines and motors. After a brief introduction on the conventional soft robot and its allied materials, it presents the new conceptual liquid-metal machine, which revolutionizes exi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Liu, Jing (Author), Sheng, Lei (Author), He, Zhi-Zhu (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: e-Book
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : 2019.
Imprint: Springer,
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Series:Topics in Mining, Metallurgy and Materials Engineering,
Subjects:
Metals.
Artificial intelligence.
Control engineering.
Robotics.
Automation.
Machinery.
Biomedical engineering.
Fluid mechanics.
Metals and Alloys.
Artificial Intelligence.
Control, Robotics, Automation.
Machinery and Machine Elements.
Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering.
Engineering Fluid Dynamics.
Online Access:Full-text access
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Softness: Another Dimension to Define Nature
  • Conventional Soft Machine and Allied Materials
  • Basic Properties of Liquid Metal Materials and Soft Matter
  • Mechanically Enabled Transformation of Liquid Metal
  • Electrically Induced Transformations of Liquid Metal
  • SCHEME based Reversible Transformation of Liquid Metal
  • Electromagnetic Induced Transformation of Liquid Metal
  • Self Fueled Shape Changeable Liquid Metal Machines
  • Self Powered Liquid Metal Droplet Motors
  • Liquid Metal Based Transient State Machine
  • Directional Control of Self Fueled Liquid Metal Machine
  • Breathing Enabled Liquid Metal Machine
  • Nanoparticles Enabled Liquid Metal Machine
  • Substrate Enabled Liquid Metal Machine
  • Hybrid Machine Composed of Liquid Metal and Rigid Structure
  • Liquid Metal Wheeled 3D Printed Vehicle.

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