Triboelectric nanogenerator enabled wearable sensors and electronics for sustainable internet of things integrated green earth

Y Yang, X Guo, M Zhu, Z Sun, Z Zhang… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The advancement of the Internet of Things/5G infrastructure requires a low‐cost ubiquitous
sensory network to realize an autonomous system for information collection and processing …

[HTML][HTML] Soft robotics: A review of recent developments of pneumatic soft actuators

J Walker, T Zidek, C Harbel, S Yoon, FS Strickland… - Actuators, 2020 - mdpi.com
This paper focuses on the recent development of soft pneumatic actuators for soft robotics
over the past few years, concentrating on the following four categories: control systems …

Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) enabled virtual shop applications using self‐powered sensor enhanced soft robotic manipulator

Z Sun, M Zhu, Z Zhang, Z Chen, Q Shi… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid advancements of artificial intelligence of things (AIoT) technology pave the way for
develo** a digital‐twin‐based remote interactive system for advanced robotic‐enabled …

Exploiting mechanical instabilities in soft robotics: control, sensing, and actuation

A Pal, V Restrepo, D Goswami… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The rapidly expanding field of soft robotics has provided multiple examples of how entirely
soft machines and actuators can outperform conventional rigid robots in terms of …

Materials as machines

JM McCracken, BR Donovan, TJ White - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Machines are systems that harness input power to extend or advance function.
Fundamentally, machines are based on the integration of materials with mechanisms to …

Kirigami‐inspired inflatables with programmable shapes

L **, AE Forte, B Deng, A Rafsanjani… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Kirigami, the Japanese art of paper cutting, has recently enabled the design of stretchable
mechanical metamaterials that can be easily realized by embedding arrays of periodic cuts …

High‐Stroke, High‐Output‐Force, Fabric‐Lattice Artificial Muscles for Soft Robots

D Yang, M Feng, G Gu - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Artificial muscles, providing safe and close interaction between humans and machines, are
essential in soft robotics. However, their insufficient deformation, output force, or …

Spider‐inspired electrohydraulic actuators for fast, soft‐actuated joints

N Kellaris, P Rothemund, Y Zeng, SK Mitchell… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The impressive locomotion and manipulation capabilities of spiders have led to a host of
bioinspired robotic designs aiming to reproduce their functionalities; however, current …

Endowing actuators with sensing capability: Recent progress on perceptive soft actuators

L Li, W Zhang, Z Ren, L Chang, X Xu, Y Hu - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Over the past decade, soft actuators have received enormous interest for potential
applications in artificial muscles, soft grippers, wearable devices, minimally invasive surgery …

A Review of Recent Advances in Electrically Driven Polymer‐Based Flexible Actuators: Smart Materials, Structures, and Their Applications

J Ahn, J Gu, J Choi, C Han, Y Jeong… - Advanced Materials …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Polymer‐based flexible actuators have recently attracted significant attention owing to their
great potentials in soft robotics, wearables, haptics, and medical devices. In particular …