New materials for next-generation robots

Sci Robot. 2017 Sep 27;2(10):eaap9294. doi: 10.1126/scirobotics.aap9294.

Guang-Zhong Yang^{1

2

3}, Peer Fischer^{1

2

3}, Bradley Nelson^{1

2

3}

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

Abstract

Science Robotics will dedicate an upcoming issue to new materials, actuators, and fabrication schemes.