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. 2021 Jul 2;8:678486. doi: 10.3389/frobt.2021.678486

FIGURE 7.

FIGURE 7

Examples of BRM actuator using SMA wire element: (A) A rotary modular using “antagonistic Linear SMA + pulley” design with a intermediary torsional spring (Guo et al., 2015); (B) A rotary modular using “antagonistic Linear SMA + optimized spring-slack element + pulley” design with compact arrangement of linear SMA (Lan et al., 2009); (C) A BRM actuator consists of four SMA wires embedded in a soft matrix. The actuator is capable of performing banding and twisting motion in opposite directions (Rodrigue et al., 2015b).