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Versatile Ultrasoft Electromagnetic Actuators with Integrated Strain‐Sensing Cellulose Nanofibril Foams

Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2023
As robots more frequently fraternize with humans in everyday life, aspects such as safety, flexibility of tasks, and appearance become increasingly important.
Mohsen Mohammadi, Magnus Berggren, Klas Tybrandt   +2 more
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Electrocapillary Modulated Interfacial Tension Amplifies Liquid Metal Transduction

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study presented an electrocapillary‐enhanced magnetohydrodynamic pumping strategy that harnesses the Lorentz force and interfacial tension modulation of liquid metal droplets to achieve amplified fluidic power. The system enabled low‐voltage, self‐oscillating fluidic transduction with enhanced pressure and flow generation, supporting compact ...
Saba Firouznia, Ciqun Xu, Michael D. Dickey, Jonathan Rossiter   +3 more
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A Straightforward Approach of Wet‐Spinning Poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene):Polystyrene Sulfate Fibers for Use in All Conducting Polymer‐Based Textile Actuators

Advanced Intelligent Systems
Poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT), an inherently electrically conductive or conjugated polymer (CP), exhibits the potential to play a significant role in the development of innovative fiber materials for use in smart textiles, such as wearables ...
Mathis Bruns, Shayan Mehraeen, Jose G. Martinez, Johannes Mersch, Iris Kruppke, Edwin W. H. Jager, Chokri Cherif   +6 more
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Reduced Graphene Oxide Transparent Electrodes Enabling Compact Soft Tunable Lenses

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
By spray‐coating an elastomeric membrane with reduced graphene oxide (rGO) at various surface densities, elastomeric actuators are manufactured. Electro‐mechano‐optical characterizations show the suitability of rGO as an effective material for compliant, semi‐transparent electrodes, enabling soft electrically tunable lenses with a compact form factor ...
Giacomo Sasso, Alec Lamoreux, Nicola Pugno, James J. C. Busfield, Federico Carpi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Dual‐Origami Design that Enables the Quasisequential Deployment and Bending Motion of Soft Robots and Grippers

Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2022
Soft fluidic actuators produce continuous and life‐like motions that are intrinsically safe, but current designs are not yet mature enough to enable large deployment with high force and low‐cost fabrication methods.
Woongbae Kim, Jaemin Eom, Kyu-Jin Cho
doaj   +1 more source

Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas, Marzia Dulal, Sophia K. Novoselov, Victoria K. Novoselov, Kostya S. Novoselov, Shaila Afroj, Nazmul Karim   +6 more
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Shearigami: Self‐Folding via Shear Deformation

Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2023
Origami and kirigami have become foundations for programmable sheet materials that fold along flexible creases. However, since they are originated from folded paper that allows no in‐plane sheet deformation, they suffer from limited folding energy ...
Rui Wu, Longqiu Li, Zuankai Wang
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Polymeric Materials as Artificial Muscles: An Overview

Journal of Applied Biomaterials & Functional Materials, 2015
Purpose The accurate selection of materials and the fine tuning of their properties represent a fundamental aspect in the realization of new active systems able to produce actuating forces, such as artificial muscles.
Paolo Ariano, ACCARDO, DAISY, LOMBARDI, MARIANGELA, BOCCHINI, SERGIO, Lorenza Draghi, Luigi De Nardo, FINO, Paolo   +6 more
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Review of Thermally Activated Twisted Coiled Polymer Actuators: A Materials Science Perspective

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Thermally activated twisted and coiled polymer actuators (TCPAs) combine lightweight design, large deformation, and scalable fabrication for soft robotic and wearable applications. This review connects polymer structure, processing history, helix geometry, and thermomechanical characterization to actuator performance, highlighting current challenges in
Nadja Schenk, Lukas Benecke, Chokri Cherif, Johannes Mersch   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Robotic Cardiac Compression Device Using Artificial Muscle Filaments for the Treatment of Heart Failure

Advanced Intelligent Systems
Heart failure occurs when the heart cannot pump adequate blood to the body, which afflicts over 60 million people worldwide. Its treatment options include physiotherapy, medication, mechanical heart support, heart surgery, or heart transplantation ...
Phuoc Thien Phan, James Davies, Trung Thien Hoang, Mai Thanh Thai, Chi Cong Nguyen, Adrienne Ji, Kefan Zhu, Bibhu Sharma, Emanuele Nicotra, Christopher Hayward, Hoang-Phuong Phan, Nigel. H. Lovell, Thanh Nho Do   +12 more
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