Movie S4.

Propulsion of a two-stroke directional swimmer. The programmed path is straight followed by a left turn. The distance traveled is approximately 0.5l after the first stroke, and a turn of 23.85° after the second stroke.

Harnessing bistability for directional propulsion of soft, untethered robots

Tian Chen, Osama R. Bilal, Kristina Shea, and Chiara Daraio

PNAS. 2018. 115:5698-5702 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1800386115