Wearable and Implantable Soft Robots

S Yin, DR Yao, Y Song, W Heng, X Ma, H Han… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Soft robotics presents innovative solutions across different scales. The flexibility and
mechanical characteristics of soft robots make them particularly appealing for wearable and …

Decoupling Poisson's ratio effect from compression-torsion metamaterial

Y Wang, L Hu, H Ou, W Jiang - Thin-Walled Structures, 2025 - Elsevier
Compression-torsion metamaterials are always coupled with the Poisson's ratio effect,
leading to some uncontrollable deformation mechanisms, such as premature buckling and …

A novel nested compression-torsion metamaterial with independently customized mechanical properties

W Jiang, M Fu, L Hu, Y Wang, H Wu - Engineering Structures, 2025 - Elsevier
Compression-torsion metamaterials demonstrate unexpected torsional deformation under
axial loading as well as axial deformation under torsional loading. It brings new …

Torque Responsive Metamaterials Enable High Payload Soft Robot Arms

I Good, S Balaji, D Oh, S Thomas, JI Lipton - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2025 - arxiv.org
Soft robots have struggled to support large forces and moments while also supporting their
own weight against gravity. This limits their ability to reach certain configurations necessary …