Design, manufacturing and applications of small-scale magnetic soft robots

M Eshaghi, M Ghasemi, K Khorshidi - Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2021‏ - Elsevier
During past few years, applications of untethered magnetically controlled soft robots in the
biomedical operations have been extensively reported, which is attributed to the efficient …

Biomedical soft robots: current status and perspective

T Ashuri, A Armani, R Jalilzadeh Hamidi… - Biomedical Engineering …, 2020‏ - Springer
This paper reviews the current status of soft robots in biomedical field. Soft robots are made
of materials that have comparable modulus of elasticity to that of biological systems. Several …

Phase transition reversible 3D printing of magnetic thixotropic fluid

Z Li, J Dong, S Zhang, Y Li, C Deng, D Li, H Cui… - Applied Materials …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Advances in 3D and 4D printing technologies enable the combined design of structure and
function in soft robotics. The reversibility of the phase transition in smart materials can …

Continuous skin eversion enables an untethered soft robot to burrow in granular media

K Eken, N Gravish, MT Tolley - 2023 IEEE International …, 2023‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Exploration in environments that are too hazardous or inaccessible to humans is one of the
most promising uses of robotics. In particular, natural environments that contain granular …

[HTML][HTML] A Microfluidic Design for Quantitative Measurements of Shear Stress-Dependent Adhesion and Motion of Dictyostelium discoideum Cells

S Fakhari, C Belleannée, SJ Charrette, J Greener - Biomimetics, 2024‏ - mdpi.com
Shear stress plays a crucial role in modulating cell adhesion and signaling. We present a
microfluidic shear stress generator used to investigate the adhesion dynamics of …

Self-propelled soft everting toroidal robot for navigation and climbing in confined spaces

NGB Perez, MM Coad - 2022 IEEE/RSJ International …, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There are many spaces inaccessible to humans where robots could help deliver sensors
and equipment. Many of these spaces contain three-dimensional passageways and uneven …

3D printed ferrofluid based soft actuators

ES Keneth, AR Epstein, MS Harari… - … on Robotics and …, 2019‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work demonstrates 3D printed soft actuators with complex shapes and remote actuation
using an external magnetic field. Instead of embedding magnetic particles in a polymeric …

Ferrofluid levitated micro/milli-robots

A Hsu, A Wong-Foy, R Pelrine - 2018 International Conference …, 2018‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we study the use of ferrofluids for levitating magnetic micro/milli-robots. With
the addition of a ferrofluid, the robots improved their weight-carrying ability (xI2,> 12 grams) …

Bio-Inspired Soft Crawling Robot Which Moves Using Protrusions

K Hirota, K Ito - 2024 IEEE 12th International Conference on …, 2024‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this study, we utilize the mechanism of previous soft bio-inspired robots and propose a
soft crawling robot that can move on the ground with various protrusions. The robot has two …

Design of a prototype of a ferrofluid based soft actuator

TT Khan, AMHS Abeykoon, T Bora… - 2019 1st International …, 2019‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A ferrrofluid based soft actuator which shows various vertical motions has been introduced
for the first time in this paper. The flexibility as well as the potential of the prototype designed …