Shape-deforming magnetic soft robots hold significant promise across diverse applications, particularly in the fields of biomedicine and soft robotics, owing to their rapid response, wireless actuation, and facile penetration capability. However, the ...
Shape-deforming magnetic soft robots hold significant promise across diverse applications, particularly in the fields of biomedicine and soft robotics, owing to their rapid response, wireless actuation, and facile penetration capability. However, the shape deformation of conventional magnetic soft robots is contingent upon the magnetization profile within the robot and is limited to achieving a predetermined magnetic response under an external magnetic field. Despite recent strides in achieving a reprogrammable magnetization profile, existing magnetic programming methods remain reliant on external stimuli.
In this thesis, we propose a novel reprogrammable strategy based on slime, which enables the reprogramming of the internal magnetization profile solely using an external magnetic field, without altering their intrinsic magnetic properties. A mixture of magnetic particles and slime is introduced into a robot comprising a silicone elastomer. The magnitude of the external magnetic field can be adjusted to transition between the programming mode and the control mode. This innovative approach ultimately led to the development of magnetic robots featuring a reprogrammable magnetization profile.