From the video showing a new 3D printable material, you would be forgiven for thinking that罗格斯大学 - 新不伦瑞克省researchers have created life.
这款3D打印的凝胶抓住，掉落，刷牙和行走，展示了软机器人技术的栩栩如生的可能性，并谈到了Medtech的未来。
像章鱼一样生活
罗格斯大学的3 d印刷智能凝胶材料的发展pment in the field ofsoft roboticsthat promises to change how things are manufactured, especially on the micro-scale.
软机器人对象以更紧密地代表自然的方式执行任务。代替机械活塞，可以通过电脉冲激活软机器人对象。顾名思义，软机器人也由类似于生物组织类似的更柔软的材料制成。
“Our 3D printed smart gel has great potential in biomedical engineering because it resembles tissues in the human body that also contain lots of water and are very soft,” explains assistant professor Howon Lee, senior author of the study.
“它可用于模仿水生生物的许多不同类型的水下设备像章鱼一样。”
Bending, shaping…
在Rutgers，通过暴露于紫外线将3D打印的材料（由70％水组成的水凝胶，由70％的水组成，分为四种不同的测试机制。
在一个示例中，研究人员显示了电场如何控制固化的水凝胶抓地力以拾起然后掉下红色珠 - 返回其原始形式。
在另一个中，带有刷子的通道（与纤毛不同）用于引导小橙色盘。
And, in the final example, a 3D stick person walks along the frame.
Biomedical potential
Considering the challenges posed by pharmaceutical treatments, it is easy to see how objects like these samples could be used todeliver drugs靶向身体的一部分，降低对患者损害的风险。
As suggested in the study’s conclusion, this material may also lead to the applications for “artificial muscles, and tissue engineering.”
“软机器人的操纵和3D印刷电活性水凝胶的运动” is published online inACS Applied Materials Interfaces.It is co-authored by Daehoon Han, Cindy Farino, Chen Yang, Tracy Scott, Daniel Browe, Wonjoon Choi, Joseph W. Freeman, and Howon Lee.
At Rutgers, Lee has also led a study developing不断增长和收缩SLA 3D打印材料。
特色图片显示了罗格斯3D打印的棍子人在水下行走。Daehoon Han/Rutgers University-New Brunswick摄
