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. 2023 Jul 7;9(27):eade9247. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.ade9247

Fig. 2. Operating principle of electronics-free soft autonomous robots.

Fig. 2.

Multiple control modules (with responsive materials) allow the soft robots to respond to their surrounding environments (heat, light, and solvents). Control modules activate in response to local stimuli, which mechanically constrain the actuating kirigami, causing changes to the curvature of the robot, and, as a result, to its trajectory.