Liquid Metal Soft Machines Principles and Applications /

• Main Authors: Liu, Jing (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Sheng, Lei (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), He, Zhi-Zhu (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Topics in Mining, Metallurgy and Materials Engineering,
• Subjects: Metals.; Artificial intelligence.; Robotics.; Automation.; Machinery.; Biomedical engineering.; Fluid mechanics.; Metallic Materials.; Artificial Intelligence.; Robotics and Automation.; Machinery and Machine Elements.; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.

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...