Shape memory alloy (SMA) actuators: The role of material, form, and scaling effects

MS Kim, JK Heo, H Rodrigue, HT Lee… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Shape memory alloys (SMAs) are smart materials that are widely used to create intelligent
devices because of their high energy density, actuation strain, and biocompatibility …

Active materials for functional origami

S Leanza, S Wu, X Sun, HJ Qi, RR Zhao - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In recent decades, origami has been explored to aid in the design of engineering structures.
These structures span multiple scales and have been demonstrated to be used toward …

Stretchable origami robotic arm with omnidirectional bending and twisting

S Wu, Q Ze, J Dai, N Udipi, GH Paulino… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - pnas.org
Inspired by the embodied intelligence observed in octopus arms, we introduce magnetically
controlled origami robotic arms based on Kresling patterns for multimodal deformations …

Control strategies for soft robot systems

J Wang, A Chortos - Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Soft robots have recently attracted increased attention because their characteristics of low‐
cost fabrication, durability, and deformability make them uniquely suited for applications in …

Spinning-enabled wireless amphibious origami millirobot

Q Ze, S Wu, J Dai, S Leanza, G Ikeda, PC Yang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Wireless millimeter-scale origami robots have recently been explored with great potential for
biomedical applications. Existing millimeter-scale origami devices usually require separate …

Origami-based integration of robots that sense, decide, and respond

W Yan, S Li, M Deguchi, Z Zheng, D Rus… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Origami-inspired engineering has enabled intelligent materials and structures to process
and react to environmental stimuli. However, it is challenging to achieve complete sense …

Reprogrammable shape morphing of magnetic soft machines

Y Alapan, AC Karacakol, SN Guzelhan, I Isik… - Science advances, 2020 - science.org
Shape-morphing magnetic soft machines are highly desirable for diverse applications in
minimally invasive medicine, wearable devices, and soft robotics. Despite recent progress …

The grand challenges of Science Robotics

GZ Yang, J Bellingham, PE Dupont, P Fischer… - Science robotics, 2018 - science.org
One of the ambitions of Science Robotics is to deeply root robotics research in science while
develo** novel robotic platforms that will enable new scientific discoveries. Of our 10 …

A highly sensitive, self-powered triboelectric auditory sensor for social robotics and hearing aids

H Guo, X Pu, J Chen, Y Meng, MH Yeh, G Liu… - Science robotics, 2018 - science.org
The auditory system is the most efficient and straightforward communication strategy for
connecting human beings and robots. Here, we designed a self-powered triboelectric …

Design, fabrication and control of origami robots

D Rus, MT Tolley - Nature Reviews Materials, 2018 - nature.com
Origami robots are created using folding processes, which provide a simple approach to
fabricating a wide range of robot morphologies. Inspired by biological systems, engineers …