Optical fibre taper-enabled waveguide photoactuators

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Engineering, Soft Robotics, Mechanical Engineering +8

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Materials Science, Engineering, Polymer Science +6

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Engineering, Soft Robotics, Mechanics +5

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Fiber Tapers, Engineering, Multimaterial Fiber +11