{"682426":{"#nid":"682426","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Self-Regulating Soft Oscillators Enable Battery-Powered Motion in Soft Robots","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESoft robots are known for their flexibility and adaptability, but most still rely on rigid electronic components for control and timing. A recent publication from researchers at Georgia Tech challenges that paradigm.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENoah Kohls, Ph.D. ME 2024, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/mazumdar-0\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEllen Yi Chen Mazumdar\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, recently published a new study featured on the cover of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/admt.202400982\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdvanced Materials Technologies\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E. \u003C\/em\u003EThe paper describes the development of the first self-regulating soft electromagnetic oscillators. These actuators are also the first to operate using only a battery\u2014no external microcontrollers, pumps, or logic circuits are required.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/me.gatech.edu\/news\/self-regulating-soft-oscillators-enable-battery-powered-motion-soft-robots\u0022\u003ERead the full story on the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering website.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESoft robots are known for their flexibility and adaptability, but most still rely on rigid electronic components for control and timing. A recent publication from researchers at Georgia Tech challenges that paradigm.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENoah Kohls, Ph.D. ME 2024, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/mazumdar-0\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEllen Yi Chen Mazumdar\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, recently published a new study featured on the cover of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/admt.202400982\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdvanced Materials Technologies\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E. \u003C\/em\u003EThe paper describes the development of the first self-regulating soft electromagnetic oscillators. These actuators are also the first to operate using only a battery\u2014no external microcontrollers, pumps, or logic circuits are required.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A new study featured on the cover of Advanced Materials Technologies describes the development of the first self-regulating soft electromagnetic oscillators."}],"uid":"36705","created_gmt":"2025-05-16 16:19:55","changed_gmt":"2025-05-16 17:06:59","author":"carrington30","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-05-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-05-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"677085":{"id":"677085","type":"image","title":"05.12.2025-Soft-Oscillators.jpg","body":null,"created":"1747412438","gmt_created":"2025-05-16 16:20:38","changed":"1747412438","gmt_changed":"2025-05-16 16:20:38","alt":"Soft-Oscillators","file":{"fid":"260949","name":"05.12.2025-Soft-Oscillators.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/05\/16\/05.12.2025-Soft-Oscillators.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/05\/16\/05.12.2025-Soft-Oscillators.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1083954,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/05\/16\/05.12.2025-Soft-Oscillators.jpg?itok=1_wXr_Iv"}}},"media_ids":["677085"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"108731","name":"School of Mechanical Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:carrington30@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EChloe Arrington\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}