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Title: A soft, bistable valve for autonomous control of soft actuators

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Journal Name:
Science Robotics
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Journal Name: Science Robotics Journal Volume: 3 Journal Issue: 16; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-9476
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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United States
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English

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Rothemund, Philipp, Ainla, Alar, Belding, Lee, Preston, Daniel J., Kurihara, Sarah, Suo, Zhigang, and Whitesides, George M. A soft, bistable valve for autonomous control of soft actuators. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1126/scirobotics.aar7986.
Rothemund, Philipp, Ainla, Alar, Belding, Lee, Preston, Daniel J., Kurihara, Sarah, Suo, Zhigang, & Whitesides, George M. A soft, bistable valve for autonomous control of soft actuators. United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.aar7986
Rothemund, Philipp, Ainla, Alar, Belding, Lee, Preston, Daniel J., Kurihara, Sarah, Suo, Zhigang, and Whitesides, George M. Wed . "A soft, bistable valve for autonomous control of soft actuators". United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.aar7986.
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year = {Wed Mar 21 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
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