Nocturnal eye inspired liquid to gas phase change soft actuator with Laser-Induced-Graphene: enhanced environmental light harvesting and photothermal conversion

Maina Sogabe, Youhyun Kim, Hiroki Miyazako +1

Robotic systems' mobility is constrained by power sources and wiring. While pneumatic actuators remain tethered to air supplies, we developed a new actuator utilizing light energy.…