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 …

[HTML][HTML] A review of stereolithography: Processes and systems

J Huang, Q Qin, J Wang - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Being the earliest form of additive manufacturing, stereolithography (SLA) fabricates 3D
objects by selectively solidifying the liquid resin through a photopolymerization reaction. The …

Desktop fabrication of monolithic soft robotic devices with embedded fluidic control circuits

Y Zhai, A De Boer, J Yan, B Shih, M Faber, J Speros… - Science robotics, 2023 - science.org
Most soft robots are pneumatically actuated and fabricated by molding and assembling
processes that typically require many manual operations and limit complexity. Furthermore …

A review of 3D printing technologies for soft polymer materials

LY Zhou, J Fu, Y He - Advanced Functional Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Soft polymer materials, which are similar to human tissues, have played critical roles in
modern interdisciplinary research. Compared with conventional methods, 3D printing allows …

Towards enduring autonomous robots via embodied energy

CA Aubin, B Gorissen, E Milana, PR Buskohl… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Autonomous robots comprise actuation, energy, sensory and control systems built from
materials and structures that are not necessarily designed and integrated for …

3D printing materials for soft robotics

E Sachyani Keneth, A Kamyshny, M Totaro… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Soft robotics is a growing field of research, focusing on constructing motor‐less robots from
highly compliant materials, some are similar to those found in living organisms. Soft robotics …

Bioinspired additive manufacturing of hierarchical materials: From biostructures to functions

J Wei, F Pan, H **, K Yang, Y Wang, Q Wang, Z Fu - Research, 2023 - spj.science.org
Throughout billions of years, biological systems have evolved sophisticated, multiscale
hierarchical structures to adapt to changing environments. Biomaterials are synthesized …

3D printing of soft robotic systems

TJ Wallin, J Pikul, RF Shepherd - Nature Reviews Materials, 2018 - nature.com
Soft robots are capable of mimicking the complex motion of animals. Soft robotic systems are
defined by their compliance, which allows for continuous and often responsive localized …

[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 …

Soft robotics: Review of fluid‐driven intrinsically soft devices; manufacturing, sensing, control, and applications in human‐robot interaction

P Polygerinos, N Correll, SA Morin… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The emerging field of soft robotics makes use of many classes of materials including metals,
low glass transition temperature (Tg) plastics, and high Tg elastomers. Dependent on the …