3D Printed Actuators: Reversibility, Relaxation, and Ratcheting
3D Printed Actuators: Reversibility, Relaxation, and Ratcheting
Additive manufacturing strives to combine any combination of materials into three dimensional functional structures and devices, ultimately opening up the possibility of 3D printed machines. It remains difficult to actuate such devices, thus limiting the scope of 3D printed machines to passive devices or necessitating the incorporation of external actuators …