What is it about?
We built flexible robotic metamaterials by chaining together simple robots into a beam. These active beams amplify waves in one direction only, enabling stable oscillations and programmable movement: Our mechatronic beams crawl, dig, and walk, all without a central brain.
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Why is it important?
Because these robotic metamaterials operate without a central controller they are robust, multifunctional and scalable, with applications anywhere robots must function in damaging, uncertain environments-from squeezing down a pipe to deep space navigation.
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This page is a summary of: Nonreciprocal buckling makes active filaments polyfunctional, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 2026, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2531723123.
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