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Soft Robotic Snake with Tunable Undulatory Gait for Efficient Underwater Locomotion

Advanced Robotics Research, Volume 2, Issue 4, August 2026.
This study designs an underwater soft snake robot using 3D‐printed soft actuators, controlled by specific signals to generate sinusoidal undulation. Results show a positive correlation between speed and swing amplitude, with optimal performance at 2/3π phase offset, PLA tail, 1.2 voltage growth rate, and 6s undulation period achieving a maximum speed ...
Huichen Ma, Junjie Zhou, Raye Yeow
wiley   +1 more source

Hard‐Magnetic Soft Millirobots in Underactuated Systems

Advanced Robotics Research, Volume 2, Issue 4, August 2026.
This review provides a comprehensive overview of hard‐magnetic soft millirobots in underactuated systems. It examines key advances in structural design, physics‐informed modeling, and control strategies, while highlighting the interplay among these domains.
Qiong Wang, Zixuan Zhang, Bingyan Li, Junkai Wang, Hongcheng Gu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advances in Electroactive Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Intelligent Robotics and Electronics

Advanced Robotics Research, Volume 2, Issue 4, August 2026.
Electroactive liquid crystal elastomers (eLCEs) integrate molecular anisotropy with electrical functionality to enable programmable actuation and reconfigurable electronics. This review classifies eLCEs into robotic actuators and adaptive electronics, summarizes key actuation mechanisms, and highlights fabrication strategies that bridge materials to ...
Kavita Ramesh Rathod, Sena Chon, Jae Hyuk Hwang, Sung Hyuk Park, Woohwa Lee, Joonmyung Choi, Shi Hyeong Kim, Seung Hwan Ko, Changsoon Choi, Seon Jeong Kim, Dong‐Gyun Kim, Habeom Lee, Kyung Gook Cho, Woon‐Hong Yeo, Hyun Kim   +14 more
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Electrohydraulic Folding Ring Actuators for Radially Contracting Applications

Advanced Science, Volume 13, Issue 44, 7 August 2026.
This work presents an Electrohydraulic Folding Ring Actuator that combines high‐performance electrohydraulic actuation with origami‐inspired folding geometry to achieve constricting radial actuation. This integration yields significant inner lumen constriction, alongside a gripping force capable of holding objects exceeding four times the actuator's ...
Gavril Yong En Tan, Quan Xiong, Jonathan William Ambrose, Zeynep Altundal, Raye Chen‐Hua Yeow   +4 more
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Liquid Crystal Elastomers Filaments for Adaptive Textiles and Soft Robotics: A Processing‐Centric Review

Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Volume 47, Issue 15, 4 August 2026.
Liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) filaments are fabricated through extrusion with in‐process UV curing, enabling controlled flow alignment and network locking of mesogens. The resulting structure responds to thermal or optical stimuli, inducing molecular reorientation and macroscopic contraction.
Anne Schwarz‐Pfeiffer, Shazia Mehtab
wiley   +1 more source

Artificial Muscles: Electrostatic Actuation and Design Tradeoffs. [PDF]

Biomimetics (Basel)
Colborn GX, Pilgrim J, Ho K, Natarajan P, Goode A, Catterlin JK, Krause M, Hornik T, Kartalov EP.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Improve the Thermal Conductivity, Insulation Performance and Mechanical Properties of Silicone Rubber by Constructing EG‐PDA‐Cu Hybrid Nanoparticles

Journal of Polymer Science, Volume 64, Issue 15, Page 3147-3161, 1 August 2026.
In this work, a novel expanded graphite‐supported nano‐copper polydopamine composite was designed and synthesized. The procedure involved first modifying EG via a mussel‐inspired technique to deposit a polydopamine coating, after which Cu2+ ions were reduced to immobilize copper nanoparticles onto the EG‐PDA substrate.
Xingrong Liu, Fan Xia, Dietmar Auhl
wiley   +1 more source

A self healable dielectric elastomer artificial muscle. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Mao J, Li J, Dou X, Zhao H, Zhong P, Yin LJ, Luo Y, Pei Q, Dang ZM.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Advances in Smart Wearable Biosensors for Non‐Invasive and Microneedle‐Based Health Monitoring: A Physiological Fluids‐Based Approach

Small Structures, Volume 7, Issue 8, August 2026.
This review highlights recent advancements in smart wearable biosensors for non‐invasive, microneedle‐based health monitoring via physiological fluids. It focuses on functional materials, biomarker detection strategies, sensor integration and validation methods.
Shuva Bhowmik, Azam Ali
wiley   +1 more source

Insights of 3D-printed dielectric elastomer layers: Electrical and mechanical properties, and prospects for artificial muscle applications. [PDF]

iScience
Asatryan A, Poghosyan N, Torosyan M, Tarasova E, Aghayan M.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source