Soft actuators for real-world applications

M Li, A Pal, A Aghakhani, A Pena-Francesch… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Inspired by physically adaptive, agile, reconfigurable and multifunctional soft-bodied
animals and human muscles, soft actuators have been developed for a variety of …

Bioinspired hydrogel actuator for soft robotics: Opportunity and challenges

Y Chen, Y Zhang, H Li, J Shen, F Zhang, J He, J Lin… - Nano Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Natural organisms offer abundant inspiration for designing and fabricating hydrogel robots
with autonomous and intelligent behaviors, including motion, perception, and response to …

Highly Conductive MXene/PEDOT:PSS‐Integrated Poly(N‐Isopropylacrylamide) Hydrogels for Bioinspired Somatosensory Soft Actuators

P Xue, C Valenzuela, S Ma, X Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Sophisticated sensing and actuation capabilities of many living organisms in nature have
inspired scientists to develop biomimetic somatosensory soft robots. Herein, the design and …

Supramolecular ionogels tougher than metals

W Li, L Li, Z Liu, S Zheng, Q Li, F Yan - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Common natural and synthetic high‐strength materials (such as rubber, plastics, ceramics,
and metals) undergo the occurrence of poor deformability. Achieving high strength and large …

Bioinspired phototropic MXene‐reinforced soft tubular actuators for omnidirectional light‐tracking and adaptive photovoltaics

M Yang, Y Xu, X Zhang, HK Bisoyi… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Endowing artificial advanced materials and systems with biomimetic self‐regulatory
intelligence is of paramount significance for the development of somatosensory soft robotics …

[HTML][HTML] Additive manufacturing of structural materials

G Liu, X Zhang, X Chen, Y He, L Cheng, M Huo… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Additive manufacturing (AM), also known as three-dimensional (3D) printing, has boomed
over the last 30 years, and its use has accelerated during the last 5 years. AM is a materials …

Sunlight-powered self-excited oscillators for sustainable autonomous soft robotics

Y Zhao, Q Li, Z Liu, Y Alsaid, P Shi, M Khalid Jawed… - Science Robotics, 2023 - science.org
As the field of soft robotics advances, full autonomy becomes highly sought after, especially
if robot motion can be powered by environmental energy. This would present a self …

Recyclable, healable, and tough ionogels insensitive to crack propagation

W Li, L Li, S Zheng, Z Liu, X Zou, Z Sun… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Most gels and elastomers introduce sacrificial bonds in the covalent network to dissipate
energy. However, long‐term cyclic loading caused irreversible fatigue damage and crack …

Hydrogels for bioinspired soft robots

CS Park, YW Kang, H Na, JY Sun - Progress in Polymer Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Amid the ever-advancing landscape of industrial robotics, soft robots in particular have
attracted substantial attention due to their remarkable structural adaptability and high …

Healable, degradable, and conductive MXene nanocomposite hydrogel for multifunctional epidermal sensors

X Li, L He, Y Li, M Chao, M Li, P Wan, L Zhang - Acs Nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conductive hydrogels have emerged as promising material candidates for epidermal
sensors due to their similarity to biological tissues, good wearability, and high accuracy of …