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- Title
Bioinspired soft robots for deep-sea exploration.
- Authors
Li, Guorui; Wong, Tuck-Whye; Shih, Benjamin; Guo, Chunyu; Wang, Luwen; Liu, Jiaqi; Wang, Tao; Liu, Xiaobo; Yan, Jiayao; Wu, Baosheng; Yu, Fajun; Chen, Yunsai; Liang, Yiming; Xue, Yaoting; Wang, Chengjun; He, Shunping; Wen, Li; Tolley, Michael T.; Zhang, A-Man; Laschi, Cecilia
- Abstract
The deep ocean, Earth's untouched expanse, presents immense challenges for exploration due to its extreme pressure, temperature, and darkness. Unlike traditional marine robots that require specialized metallic vessels for protection, deep-sea species thrive without such cumbersome pressure-resistant designs. Their pressure-adaptive forms, unique propulsion methods, and advanced senses have inspired innovation in designing lightweight, compact soft machines. This perspective addresses challenges, recent strides, and design strategies for bioinspired deep-sea soft robots. Drawing from abyssal life, it explores the actuation, sensing, power, and pressure resilience of multifunctional deep-sea soft robots, offering game-changing solutions for profound exploration and operation in harsh conditions. High pressure and low temperature are the greatest challenges faced by scientists to explore deep oceans, which remain largely unknow to us today. Li et al. review these challenges and give insight into designing soft robots, inspired by deep-sea creatures, that enable resilient operations in harsh conditions.
- Subjects
DEEP-sea exploration; ROBOTS; BIOLOGICALLY inspired computing; LOW temperatures; ROBOT design &; construction; OCEAN
- Publication
Nature Communications, 2023, Vol 14, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2041-1723
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41467-023-42882-3