Soft pneumatic actuators: A review of design, fabrication, modeling, sensing, control and applications

MS Xavier, CD Tawk, A Zolfagharian, J Pinskier… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soft robotics is a rapidly evolving field where robots are fabricated using highly deformable
materials and usually follow a bioinspired design. Their high dexterity and safety make them …

Direct-ink-writing 3D-printed bioelectronics

RY Tay, Y Song, DR Yao, W Gao - Materials Today, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of wearable and implantable bioelectronics has garnered significant
momentum in recent years, driven by the ever-increasing demand for personalized health …

Highly stretchable and conductive MXene‐encapsulated liquid metal hydrogels for bioinspired self‐sensing soft actuators

S Ma, P Xue, C Valenzuela, X Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Advanced sensation and actuation abilities of various living organisms in nature have
inspired researchers to design bioinspired self‐sensing soft actuators. However, the majority …

Plug & play origami modules with all-purpose deformation modes

C Zhang, Z Zhang, Y Peng, Y Zhang, S An… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Three basic deformation modes of an object (bending, twisting, and contraction/extension)
along with their various combinations and delicate controls lead to diverse locomotion. As a …

Bubble casting soft robotics

TJ Jones, E Jambon-Puillet, J Marthelot, PT Brun - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Inspired by living organisms, soft robots are developed from intrinsically compliant materials,
enabling continuous motions that mimic animal and vegetal movement. In soft robots, the …

Somatosensory actuator based on stretchable conductive photothermally responsive hydrogel

Y Zhao, CY Lo, L Ruan, CH Pi, C Kim, Y Alsaid… - Science Robotics, 2021 - science.org
Mimicking biological neuromuscular systems' sensory motion requires the unification of
sensing and actuation in a singular artificial muscle material, which must not only actuate but …

3D-printed digital pneumatic logic for the control of soft robotic actuators

S Conrad, J Teichmann, P Auth, N Knorr, K Ulrich… - Science robotics, 2024 - science.org
Soft robots are paving their way to catch up with the application range of metal-based
machines and to occupy fields that are challenging for traditional machines. Pneumatic …

Mechanical integrated circuit materials

C El Helou, B Grossmann, CE Tabor, PR Buskohl… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Recent developments in autonomous engineered matter have introduced the ability for
intelligent materials to process environmental stimuli and functionally adapt,,–. To formulate …

Soft grippers for automatic crop harvesting: A review

E Navas, R Fernández, D Sepúlveda, M Armada… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Agriculture 4.0 is transforming farming livelihoods thanks to the development and adoption
of technologies such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things and robotics, traditionally …

Soft robotics

GM Whitesides - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This description of “soft robotics” is not intended to be a conventional review, in the sense of
a comprehensive technical summary of a develo** field. Rather, its objective is to describe …