TY - GEN
T1 - Toward Growable Robot
T2 - 2018 International Flexible Electronics Technology Conference, IFETC 2018
AU - Pataranutaporn, Pat
AU - De La Vega, Jaime Sanchez
AU - Chowdhury, Abhik
AU - Ng, Audrey
AU - Mihaleva, Galina
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.
PY - 2018/12/19
Y1 - 2018/12/19
N2 - The direction of recent research suggests the convergence of digital and biological systems, where researchers designed and engineered technology that share many of the aspects of living organisms. We explore a step towards 'growable robotics', a type of robotic system that has the ability to self-grow either a part of or its whole body into a functional shape with minimal help from the external system. We propose the application of microbial cellulose, as a biological exoskeleton of the electrical system with renewable, self-healing, and shape changing properties. We demonstrate the process of creating the growable robot by prototyping a simple rover inspired by NASA folded origami mechanisms. Finally, we analyze the potential applications based on the properties of the material and suggest the future directions in growable and biological augmented robotics.
AB - The direction of recent research suggests the convergence of digital and biological systems, where researchers designed and engineered technology that share many of the aspects of living organisms. We explore a step towards 'growable robotics', a type of robotic system that has the ability to self-grow either a part of or its whole body into a functional shape with minimal help from the external system. We propose the application of microbial cellulose, as a biological exoskeleton of the electrical system with renewable, self-healing, and shape changing properties. We demonstrate the process of creating the growable robot by prototyping a simple rover inspired by NASA folded origami mechanisms. Finally, we analyze the potential applications based on the properties of the material and suggest the future directions in growable and biological augmented robotics.
KW - Biodigital
KW - Biological augmentation
KW - Cellulose
KW - Growable
KW - Robotics
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U2 - 10.1109/IFETC.2018.8584034
DO - 10.1109/IFETC.2018.8584034
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85060736025
T3 - 2018 International Flexible Electronics Technology Conference, IFETC 2018
BT - 2018 International Flexible Electronics Technology Conference, IFETC 2018
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 7 August 2018 through 9 August 2018
ER -