- The researchers demonstrated potential applications of the SMES via two prototypes: a smart diving glove divers can use to communicate wirelessly through hand gestures and an underwater robotic arm that can grasp objects.
- During tests, small punctures restored their original electrical performance within seconds without external intervention, while larger cuts required the damaged faces to be pressed together briefly to start the repair, after which the material continued healing over a longer period.
- For proximity sensing, relative movement between the magnet and coil produces a signal before physical contact occurs.
Magnetoelectric underwater skin senses damage, repairs itself
