'Swarmalation' used to design active materials for self-regulating soft robots

ScienceDaily
Mar 16, 2021, 11:23 am127 pts
Engineers have designed a system of self-oscillating flexible materials that display a distinctive mode of dynamic self-organization. In addition to exhibiting the swarmalator behavior, the component materials mutually adapt their overall shapes as they interact in a fluid-filled chamber. These systems can pave…

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