Robotic artificial muscles: Current progress and future perspectives

J Zhang, J Sheng, CT O'Neill, CJ Walsh… - IEEE transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robotic artificial muscles are a subset of artificial muscles that are capable of producing
biologically inspired motions useful for robot systems, ie, large power-to-weight ratios …

Micropumps and biomedical applications–A review

YN Wang, LM Fu - Microelectronic Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper presents a review of the current state-of-the-art in micropum** technology for
biomedical applications. The review focuses particularly on the actuation schemes, flow …

Review of biomimetic underwater robots using smart actuators

WS Chu, KT Lee, SH Song, MW Han, JY Lee… - International journal of …, 2012 - Springer
In this paper, biomimetic underwater robots built using smart actuators, eg, a shape memory
alloy (SMA), an ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC), lead zirconate titanate (PZT), or a …

Soft Electromagnetic Artificial Muscles Using High‐Density Liquid‐Metal Solenoid Coils and Bistable Stretchable Magnetic Housings

G Shin, YJ Choi, BJ Jeon, I Choi… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Soft electromagnetic artificial muscles (SEAMs) that use electric currents are reported as
their power sources. The proposed actuator consists of fully soft components: microfluidic …

Highly flexible, large-deformation ionic polymer metal composites for artificial muscles: Fabrication, properties, applications, and prospects

H Wang, L Yang, Y Yang, D Zhang, A Tian - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Intelligent materials are one of the important directions in the development of modern high-
tech new materials, realizing structural functionalization and functional diversification. As a …

High-performance electrically responsive artificial muscle materials for soft robot actuation

L Yang, H Wang - Acta Biomaterialia, 2024 - Elsevier
Traditional robotic devices are often bulky and rigid, making it difficult for them to adapt to the
soft and complex shapes of the human body. In stark contrast, soft robots, as a burgeoning …

Design, modeling, and control of biomimetic fish robot: A review

P Duraisamy, R Kumar Sidharthan… - Journal of Bionic …, 2019 - Springer
A comprehensive review on bio-inspired fish robots has been done in this article with an
enhanced focus on swimming styles, actuators, hydrodynamics, kinematic-dynamic …

Fluid-driven artificial muscles: bio-design, manufacturing, sensing, control, and applications

C Zhang, P Zhu, Y Lin, W Tang, Z Jiao, H Yang… - Bio-Design and …, 2021 - Springer
Develo** artificial muscles that can replace biological muscles to accomplish various
tasks is what we have long been aiming for. Recent advances in flexible materials and 3D …

Soft and flexible bioelectronic micro‐systems for electronically controlled drug delivery

M Mariello, I Eş, CM Proctor - Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The concept of targeted and controlled drug delivery, which directs treatment to precise
anatomical sites, offers benefits such as fewer side effects, reduced toxicity, optimized …

Modular soft robotics: Modular units, connection mechanisms, and applications

C Zhang, P Zhu, Y Lin, Z Jiao… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Modularity is a way of decomposing a big and complex system or product into small, simple,
independent, and manageable modular units that can be easily composed, decomposed …