More information about “Ultrafast small-scale soft electromagnetic robots | Nature Communications”

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Article reference

Nature Communications, 2022. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32123-4

Media report

1. ARSTechnica, Tiny robots made of “galinstan” can run faster than a (scaled down) cheetah
2. Tech Xplore. Watch tiny electromechanical robots that are faster than cheetahs for their size (techxplore.com) (A very nice brief summary of our work! Recommended)
3. New Scientist. Soft robots: Tiny electromagnetic robot runs fast and reforms after being squished | New Scientist
4. A Chinese Introduction. 奥地利林茨大学-M. Kaltenbrunner团队︱Nat. Commun.：高速微型软体电磁机器人 | Rocket Mao (maolab.cn)
5. Kronen Zeitung. Faster than Formula 1 – Linzers ignite the turbo | with a new soft robot krone.at
6. Nachrichten. What a “soft” robot should be able to do | Nachrichten.at

Correction

1. In the main text, we have one expression that the SEMR TL can run at a speed of 630 mm/s or 70 BL/s which is incorrect. It should be 315 mm/s and 35 BL/s. This will not affect our conclusion.
2. In supplementary table 1, the maximum speed for SEMR TST and TL are not corrected, which should be 630 mm/s and 320 mm/s, respectively.
3. In the Methods section, the mass ratio of Eco-flex 30 to PDMS is 10:1.