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 …

An overview of soft robotics

O Yasa, Y Toshimitsu, MY Michelis… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Soft robots' flexibility and compliance give them the potential to outperform traditional rigid-
bodied robots while performing multiple tasks in unexpectedly changing environments and …

Nanoparticle-modified microrobots for in vivo antibiotic delivery to treat acute bacterial pneumonia

F Zhang, J Zhuang, Z Li, H Gong, BEF de Ávila… - Nature materials, 2022 - nature.com
Bioinspired microrobots capable of actively moving in biological fluids have attracted
considerable attention for biomedical applications because of their unique dynamic features …

Materials consideration for the design, fabrication and operation of microscale robots

C Chen, S Ding, J Wang - Nature Reviews Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Microscale robots have been the focus of extensive research efforts resulting in various
innovative developments that broaden their capabilities and applications. The rational …

Magnetically driven micro and nanorobots

H Zhou, CC Mayorga-Martinez, S Pané… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Manipulation and navigation of micro and nanoswimmers in different fluid environments can
be achieved by chemicals, external fields, or even motile cells. Many researchers have …

Materials for smart soft actuator systems

I Apsite, S Salehi, L Ionov - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
In contrast to conventional hard actuators, soft actuators offer many vivid advantages, such
as improved flexibility, adaptability, and reconfigurability, which are intrinsic to living …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Revolutionizing self-powered robotic systems with triboelectric nanogenerators

S Hajra, S Panda, H Khanberh, V Vivekananthan… - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs), offering self-powered actuation, gras**, and
sensing capabilities without the need for an external power source, have the potential to …

Printable smart materials and devices: strategies and applications

M Su, Y Song - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Smart materials are a kind of functional materials which can sense and response to
environmental conditions or stimuli from optical, electrical, magnetic mechanical, thermal …

Endoscopy-assisted magnetic navigation of biohybrid soft microrobots with rapid endoluminal delivery and imaging

B Wang, KF Chan, K Yuan, Q Wang, X **a, L Yang… - Science Robotics, 2021 - science.org
High-precision delivery of microrobots at the whole-body scale is of considerable
importance for efforts toward targeted therapeutic intervention. However, vision-based …