Bulletin of the American Physical Society
2023 APS March Meeting
Volume 68, Number 3
Las Vegas, Nevada (March 5-10)
Virtual (March 20-22); Time Zone: Pacific Time
Session K13: Materials That Do Things by Themselves
3:00 PM–6:00 PM,
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Room: Room 238
Sponsoring
Unit:
DSOFT
Chair: Corentin Coulais, University of Amsterdam; Anton Souslov, University of Bath
Abstract: K13.00005 : Design and Additive Manufacturing of Robotic Metamaterials
5:00 PM–5:30 PM
Presenter:
Rayne Zheng
(University of California, Berkeley)
Author:
Rayne Zheng
(University of California, Berkeley)
In this talk, I will present a suite of new multi-material additive manufacturing processes and design methodologies to create materials with controlled and tailorable structural and functional behaviors. The structural phases consist of a network of micro-unit cells which collectively influence new mechanical behaviors (from high-strength, lightweight to toughening) not seen in their native counterparts. When combined with an electronic and functional phase, these materials turn themselves into a “robotic material” and are capable of motions with multiple degrees of freedom and amplification of strain in a prescribed direction in response to an electric field (and vice versa), and thus, programmed motions with self-sensing and feedback control.
I will present the manufacturing and synthesis of these materials, as well as their mechanics and design methods underpinning their novel behaviors.
Follow Us |
Engage
Become an APS Member |
My APS
Renew Membership |
Information for |
About APSThe American Physical Society (APS) is a non-profit membership organization working to advance the knowledge of physics. |
© 2025 American Physical Society
| All rights reserved | Terms of Use
| Contact Us
Headquarters
1 Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740-3844
(301) 209-3200
Editorial Office
100 Motor Pkwy, Suite 110, Hauppauge, NY 11788
(631) 591-4000
Office of Public Affairs
529 14th St NW, Suite 1050, Washington, D.C. 20045-2001
(202) 662-8700