Advanced technologies allow the creation of new artificial construction materials with very specific properties, according to given functional requirements. The paper briefly reviews the development of such mechanical metamaterials and shows some principal configurations of internal mechanical structures. Considering these materials presents a fundamentally new approach to the design of various robotic devices with new functionalities/properties. Applying this new technology provides the possibility to achieve compliant mechanisms/mechanical parts with specific flexural characteristics, or sensors with sensory elements directly integrated into the material structure. The examples of using these metamaterials in the construction of some robotic devices are briefly discussed.

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A Review of Some Mechanical Metamaterials for Building Robotic Devices and Sensors

  • Jaroslav Hricko,
  • Stefan Havlik

摘要

Advanced technologies allow the creation of new artificial construction materials with very specific properties, according to given functional requirements. The paper briefly reviews the development of such mechanical metamaterials and shows some principal configurations of internal mechanical structures. Considering these materials presents a fundamentally new approach to the design of various robotic devices with new functionalities/properties. Applying this new technology provides the possibility to achieve compliant mechanisms/mechanical parts with specific flexural characteristics, or sensors with sensory elements directly integrated into the material structure. The examples of using these metamaterials in the construction of some robotic devices are briefly discussed.