New materials for next-generation robots

Sci Robot. 2018 May 30;3(18):eaau0448. doi: 10.1126/scirobotics.aau0448.

Peer Fischer^{1

2

3}, Bradley J Nelson^{1

2

3}, Guang-Zhong Yang^{1

2

3}

¹ Peer Fischer is a Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, and Head of the Micro, Nano, and Molecular Systems Laboratory at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, Germany.
² Bradley J. Nelson is a Professor of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
³ Guang-Zhong Yang is Editor of Science Robotics and Director of the Hamlyn Centre, Imperial College London, London, UK. Email: g.z.yang@imperial.ac.uk.

Abstract

The next generation of robotics will require new materials, actuators, and fabrication schemes.