Programmable failure in heat-sealable sheet-based fluidic devices
Highlights d Sheet-based devices enable lightweight soft robots, but fail at high pressures d Device geometry and material processing modify bond strength and burst pressure d Deliberately programmed local failure creates a fuse that protects from damage d The fuse allows selection and sequencing of tasks with one pressure input
Authors
- Anoop Rajappan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6843-509X)
- Barclay Jumet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1422-5166)
- Daniel J. Preston (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0096-0285)
- Sofia Urbina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5235-9191)
- Adam Broshkevitch
- Juan A. Garavito-Leon
Institutions
- Tulane University (US)
- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (CO)
- Rice University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cell Reports Physical Science
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2025.102437
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.14
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- U.S. Department of Defense
- Rice University
- Strong
- Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems
- Air Force Institute of Technology