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Intelligent Material Systems — The Dawn of a New Materials Age

1993; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 4; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/1045389x9300400102

1530-8138

Craig A. Rogers,

Material Selection and Properties

The intelligent material system solution to such engineering problems as the design of a robotic arm borrows directly from biological analogs; materials that behave much as muscles do during contraction can be employed as induced strain actuators which work against the intrinsic structural impedance of the component. Unlike actual human arms, which are jointed, the intelligent structure may be a continuum. The adaptation of structural impedance may be regarded as the most fundamental and consequential concept in the field of intelligent material systems.