Cutkosky Mark R, Kim Sangbae
Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305, USA.
Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci. 2009 May 13;367(1894):1799-813. doi: 10.1098/rsta.2009.0013.
New multi-material rapid prototyping processes are making possible the design and fabrication of bioinspired robot structures that share some of the desirable properties of animal appendages. The structures combine stiff and compliant materials and incorporate sensors and other discrete components, resulting in robots that are less demanding to control than traditionally designed robots and more robust. Current challenges include extending this approach to the structures that involve microscopic as well as macroscopic features.
新的多材料快速成型工艺使设计和制造受生物启发的机器人结构成为可能，这些结构具备动物肢体的一些理想特性。这些结构将刚性材料和柔性材料结合在一起，并集成了传感器和其他离散组件，使得机器人比传统设计的机器人更易于控制且更坚固耐用。当前的挑战包括将这种方法扩展到涉及微观和宏观特征的结构。
