Recent advances in conductive hydrogels: classifications, properties, and applications
Hydrogel-based conductive materials for smart wearable devices have attracted increasing
attention due to their excellent flexibility, versatility, and outstanding biocompatibility. This …
attention due to their excellent flexibility, versatility, and outstanding biocompatibility. This …
Untethered small-scale machines for microrobotic manipulation: From individual and multiple to collective machines
Untethered small-scale machines (USSMs) that can actively adjust their motion,
deformation, and collective states in response to external stimuli have gained enormous …
deformation, and collective states in response to external stimuli have gained enormous …
Untethered small-scale magnetic soft robot with programmable magnetization and integrated multifunctional modules
Intelligent magnetic soft robots capable of programmable structural changes and
multifunctionality modalities depend on material architectures and methods for controlling …
multifunctionality modalities depend on material architectures and methods for controlling …
Hydrogel muscles powering reconfigurable micro-metastructures with wide-spectrum programmability
Stimuli-responsive geometric transformations endow metamaterials with dynamic properties
and functionalities. However, using existing transformation mechanisms to program a single …
and functionalities. However, using existing transformation mechanisms to program a single …
Multimodal locomotion and cargo transportation of magnetically actuated quadruped soft microrobots
Untethered microrobots have attracted extensive attention due to their potential for
biomedical applications and micromanipulation at the small scale. Soft microrobots are of …
biomedical applications and micromanipulation at the small scale. Soft microrobots are of …
Programmable aniso-electrodeposited modular hydrogel microrobots
Systems with programmable and complex shape morphing are highly desired in many fields
wherein sensing, actuation, and manipulation must be performed. Living organisms use …
wherein sensing, actuation, and manipulation must be performed. Living organisms use …
Environmentally adaptive shape-morphing microrobots for localized cancer cell treatment
Microrobots have attracted considerable attention due to their extensive applications in
microobject manipulation and targeted drug delivery. To realize more complex micro …
microobject manipulation and targeted drug delivery. To realize more complex micro …
Stimuli-responsive functional micro-/nanorobots: a review
Stimuli-responsive functional micro-/nanorobots (srFM/Ns) are a class of intelligent, efficient,
and promising microrobots that can react to external stimuli (such as temperature, light …
and promising microrobots that can react to external stimuli (such as temperature, light …
3D printing of hydrogels for stretchable ionotronic devices
In the booming development of flexible electronics represented by electronic skins, soft
robots, and human–machine interfaces, 3D printing of hydrogels, an approach used by the …
robots, and human–machine interfaces, 3D printing of hydrogels, an approach used by the …
Real-time ultrasound doppler tracking and autonomous navigation of a miniature helical robot for accelerating thrombolysis in dynamic blood flow
Untethered small-scale robots offer great promise for medical applications in complex
biological environments. However, challenges remain in the control and medical imaging of …
biological environments. However, challenges remain in the control and medical imaging of …