Autonomous self-healing optical sensors for damage intelligent soft-bodied systems.

The article offers information on introducing damage intelligent soft-bodied systems via a network of self-healing light guides for dynamic sensing (SHeaLDS). It discusses that With optimized material and structural design for hyperelastic deformation of the robot and autonomous self-healing capacity, SHeaLDS provides reliable dynamic sensing at large strains with no drift or hysteresis, is resistant to punctures, and self-heals from cuts at room temperature with no external intervention.