Materials, actuators, and sensors for soft bioinspired robots

M Ilami, H Bagheri, R Ahmed… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biological systems can perform complex tasks with high compliance levels. This makes them
a great source of inspiration for soft robotics. Indeed, the union of these fields has brought …

Spin crossover nanomaterials: from fundamental concepts to devices

G Molnár, S Rat, L Salmon, W Nicolazzi… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Nanoscale spin crossover materials capable of undergoing reversible switching between
two electronic configurations with markedly different physical properties are excellent …

Soft robotic manipulators: Designs, actuation, stiffness tuning, and sensing

W Dou, G Zhong, J Cao, Z Shi, B Peng… - Advanced Materials …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Soft robotic manipulators are continuum robots made of soft materials and flexible
components. The goal of soft robotic manipulators research is to enable these manipulators …

Highly flexible, large-deformation ionic polymer metal composites for artificial muscles: Fabrication, properties, applications, and prospects

H Wang, L Yang, Y Yang, D Zhang, A Tian - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Intelligent materials are one of the important directions in the development of modern high-
tech new materials, realizing structural functionalization and functional diversification. As a …

Towards high performance and durable soft tactile actuators

MWM Tan, H Wang, D Gao, P Huang… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Soft actuators are gaining significant attention due to their ability to provide realistic tactile
sensations in various applications. However, their soft nature makes them vulnerable to …

Roadmap on soft robotics: multifunctionality, adaptability and growth without borders

B Mazzolai, A Mondini, E Del Dottore… - Multifunctional …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Soft robotics aims at creating systems with improved performance of movement and
adaptability in unknown, challenging, environments and with higher level of safety during …

Biopolymer-based electrospun fibers in electrochemical devices: versatile platform for energy, environment, and health monitoring

SN Banitaba, SV Ebadi, P Salimi, A Bagheri… - Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrochemical power tools are regarded as essential keys in a world that is becoming
increasingly reliant on fossil fuels in order to meet the challenges of rapidly depleting fossil …

Bio-inspired magnetic-driven folded diaphragm for biomimetic robot

D Lin, F Yang, D Gong, R Li - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Functional soft materials, exhibiting multiple types of deformation, have shown their
potential/abilities to achieve complicated biomimetic behaviors (soft robots). Inspired by the …

Flexible and stretchable electrodes for dielectric elastomer actuators

S Rosset, HR Shea - Applied Physics A, 2013 - Springer
Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are flexible lightweight actuators that can generate
strains of over 100%. They are used in applications ranging from haptic feedback (mm-sized …

Self-assisted wound healing using piezoelectric and triboelectric nanogenerators

FC Kao, HH Ho, PY Chiu, MK Hsieh… - … and technology of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The complex process of wound healing depends on the coordinated interaction between
various immunological and biological systems, which can be aided by technology. This …