Bistable Soft Shells for Programmable Mechanical Logic.

ABSTRACT: Mechanical computing promises to integrate semiconductor-based digital logic in several applications, but it needs straightforward programmable devices for changing computing rules in situ. A methodology based on strain-governed, bistable soft shells that process digital information by interchanging their internal/external surfaces is proposed. This bistable behavior, explained via model-based design, safeguards robustness by working only once for each input pulse. Thus, these shells are leveraged to create a buffer and a NOT gate that lead to six fundamental gates (AND, OR, NAND, NOR, XOR, and XNOR). All these functions are integrated into a unique programmable device, making mechanically integrated circuits more adaptable with rule-changeable logic operations. This design ensures continu

SUBMITTER: Yang N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11791939 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature