Soft robotic grippers

J Shintake, V Cacucciolo, D Floreano… - Advanced …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Advances in soft robotics, materials science, and stretchable electronics have enabled rapid
progress in soft grippers. Here, a critical overview of soft robotic grippers is presented …

Recent advances in ionic polymer–metal composite actuators and their modeling and applications

C Jo, D Pugal, IK Oh, KJ Kim, K Asaka - Progress in Polymer Science, 2013‏ - Elsevier
This paper presents a comprehensive review of ionic polymer–metal composite (IPMC)
actuators. Recently, strong emphasis has been put on investigating various ionic polymer …

A review on IPMC material as actuators and sensors: fabrications, characteristics and applications

B Bhandari, GY Lee, SH Ahn - International journal of precision …, 2012‏ - Springer
In this paper we present a comprehensive review of ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC)
covering fundamentals of IPMC; from fabrication processes to control and applications …

Recent advances in perceptive intelligence for soft robotics

Z Lin, Z Wang, W Zhao, Y Xu, X Wang… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Over the past decade, soft robot research has expanded to diverse fields, including
biomedicine, bionics, service robots, human–robot interaction, and artificial intelligence …

Graphene‐based actuator with integrated‐sensing function

L Chen, M Weng, P Zhou, F Huang… - Advanced Functional …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Flexible actuators have important applications in artificial muscles, robotics, optical devices,
and so on. However, most of the conventional actuators have only actuation function, lacking …

A self-sensing dielectric elastomer actuator

K Jung, KJ Kim, HR Choi - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2008‏ - Elsevier
A novel self-sensing method based on the dielectric elastomer (DE) actuator/sensor, was
successfully developed and evaluated in order to extract accurate displacement information …

Ionic polymer–metal composite mechanoelectrical transduction: review and perspectives

D Pugal, K Jung, A Aabloo, KJ Kim - Polymer international, 2010‏ - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a comprehensive review of the use of ionic polymer‐metal composite
(IPMC) materials as mechanoelectrical transducers. Recently increasing emphasis has …

Biology and bioinspiration of soft robotics: Actuation, sensing, and system integration

L Ren, B Li, G Wei, K Wang, Z Song, Y Wei, L Ren… - Iscience, 2021‏ - cell.com
Organisms in nature grow with senses, nervous, and actuation systems coordinated in
ingenious ways to sustain metabolism and other essential life activities. The understanding …

Molecular and electronic structure elucidation of polypyrrole gas sensors

S Bibi, H Ullah, SM Ahmad, AH Ali Shah… - The Journal of …, 2015‏ - ACS Publications
Sensitivity and selectivity of polypyrrole (PPy) toward NH3, CO2, and CO have been studied
at density functional theory (DFT). PPy oligomers are used both in the doped (PPy+) and …

Sensing and self-sensing actuation methods for ionic polymer–metal composite (ipmc): A review

WH MohdIsa, A Hunt, SH HosseinNia - Sensors, 2019‏ - mdpi.com
Ionic polymer–metal composites (IPMC) are smart material transducers that bend in
response to low-voltage stimuli and generate voltage in response to bending. IPMCs are …