A soft matter computer for soft robots
- Submitting institution
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University of Bristol
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 224664476
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1126/scirobotics.aaw6060
- Title of journal
- Science Robotics
- Article number
- eaaw6060
- First page
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- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 33
- ISSN
- 2470-9476
- Open access status
- Exception within 3 months of publication
- Month of publication
- August
- Year of publication
- 2019
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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4
- Research group(s)
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F - Robotics
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- Presents a new paradigm of computing in soft robotics without conventional silicon technologies, overturning conventional practice. Featured as Research Highlight in Nature Material Reviews. Received wide publicity including Daily Mail, Daily Express and Daily Mirror. Output of Rossiter's EPSRC Fellowship (£1.3M, EP/M020460/1) and Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies (£1.3M, 2018-2028). Resulted in iCASE studentship with BT on robotic duct clearing (Gough 2019-2023) and EPSRC IAA project with BT on fibre laying (Conn PI, £36k). Led to new joint UK-US initiative (Centre for Organic Robotics (CORS)) with world leaders R.Wood (Harvard), M.Levin and B.Trimmer (Tufts), and J.Bongard (Vermont).
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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