Designing Ferromagnetic Soft Robots (FerroSoRo) with Level-Set-Based Multiphysics Topology Optimization

Jiawei Tian,Xuanhe Zhao,Xianfeng David Gu,Shikui Chen,Jiawei Tian,Xuanhe Zhao,Xianfeng David Gu,Shikui Chen

Soft active materials can generate flexible locomotion and change configurations through large deformations when subjected to an external environmental stimulus. They can be engineered to design 'soft machines' such as soft robots, compliant actuators, flexible electronics, or bionic medical devices. By embedding ferromagnetic particles into soft elastomer matrix, the ferromagnetic soft matter can...