Apparatus and method of controlling stiffness of soft material
AssigneeIndustry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
InventorsHyungsuk LEE, Byungjun KANG
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Abstract
Provided are an apparatus and a method of controlling a stiffness of a soft material hardened from a liquid state having viscosity into a solid state. The apparatus of controlling a stiffness of a soft material includes: a soft material accommodating means including a chamber corresponding to a space in which the soft material having fluidity before being hardened is accommodated and a wall structure surrounding the chamber; and a stimulus means applying a stimulus to the soft material to generate a flow in the soft material, wherein a flow is applied to the soft material to control the stiffness in the soft material and control stiffnesses to be different from each other in each region of the soft material.
Claims15
An apparatus of controlling a stiffness of a soft material hardened from a liquid state having viscosity into a solid state, comprising:
- a soft material accommodating means including a chamber corresponding to a space in which the soft material having fluidity before being hardened is accommodated and a wall structure surrounding the chamber;
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- a stimulus means configured to apply a stimulus to the soft material in the soft material accommodating means to generate a flow in the soft material.
An apparatus for controlling a stiffness of a soft material hardened from a liquid state having viscosity into a solid state, the apparatus comprising:
- a soft material accommodating chamber formed of a wall structure and having a space in which the soft material having fluidity before being hardened is accommodated;
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- a stimulus generator configured to apply a stimulus to the soft material in the soft material accommodating chamber to generate a flow in the soft material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.