Carbon Nanotubes-Based Self-Perceptive Soft Actuator for Underwater Sensing
Written by AZoNanoJan 8 2021
In fishes, the swim bladder acts as a resonator to sense the ambient environment, while also enabling the fish to realize a manageable vertical motion via the deflation and reversible inflation of the bladder in water.
The self-perspective artificial swim bladder perceives the ambient environment. Image Credit: Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering.
The research team of Professor Tao Chen from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) was motivated by the actuating and sensory principle of swim bladders to design a new kind of soft and elastic hybrid film combined with sensing and actuating properties, which can work as a self-perceptive soft actuator. The research has been reported in the journal