SNUMAE Professor Ho-Young Kim’s research team’s paper titled “Moisture-driven actuators inspired by motility of plants” was selected by the American Physical Society and introduced to the press as remarkable research during the 68^th Annual Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting held in Boston, US last November 2015.<?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

The team developed an actuator based on the movement of plants in different water and humidity conditions, and followed through by building a robot that moved forward using changes in humidity. The robot shows a relative fast body-length to movement speed ratio compared to other soft robots that run of hydro energy without the aid of electricity.


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