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Review of Electrohydraulic Actuators Inspired by the HASEL Actuator

Biomimetics
The muscle-like movement and speed of the electrohydraulic actuator have granted it much attention in soft robotics. Our aim is to review the advancements in electrohydraulic actuators inspired by the Hydraulically Amplified Self-healing Electrostatic ...
Levi Tynan, Upul Gunawardana, Ranjith Liyanapathirana, Osura Perera, Daniele Esposito, Jessica Centracchio, Gaetano Gargiulo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hemispherical Cell-Inspired Soft Actuator

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2020
As soft robots have been popular, interest in soft actuators is also increasing. In particular, new types of actuators have been proposed through biomimetics.
Kahye Song, Kahye Song, Kahye Song, Youngsu Cha   +3 more
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Fabrication Routes for Ionic Conducting Fiber Strain Sensors

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Ionic conducting fiber strain sensors (ICFSs) offer compliant, textile‐integrable sensing. Thus far, the commercialization of ICFSs has been constrained by fiber fabrication routes. This review provides a fabrication‐centric analysis of ICFSs correlating processing strategies with material properties and scalability.
Leo John Kershaw, Zhanhong Yang, Anne Ladegaard Skov, Magdalena Skowyra   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A three-dimensional electrostatic actuator with a locking mechanism for a new generation of atom chips

, 2004
A micromachined three-dimensional electrostatic actuator that is optimized for aligning and tuning optical microcavities on atom chips is presented. The design of the 3D actuator is outlined in detail, and its characteristics are verified by analytical ...
Trupke, M, Trupke M,, Kraft, Michael, Eriksson, SJ, Moktadir, Z, Bagnall, Darren, Eriksson, S, Hinds, E A, Gollasch, C O, Hinds, EA, Moktadir, Zak, Gollasch, CO, Bagnall, DM   +12 more
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Scalable High‐Force Zipping Electrostatic Actuators

Advanced Intelligent Systems
Electrostatic actuators are well suited for integration in soft and wearable robotics due to their speed, energy efficiency, self‐sensing, and direct electrical drive.
Fabio Caruso, Amir Firouzeh, Herbert Shea   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Printed Integrated Logic Circuits Based on Chitosan‐Gated Organic Transistors for Future Edible Systems

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Edible electronics needs integrated logic circuits for computation and control. This work presents a potentially edible printed chitosan‐gated transistor with a design optimized for integration in circuits. Its implementation in integrated logic gates and circuits operating at low voltage (0.7 V) is demonstrated, as well as the compatibility with an ...
Giulia Coco, Valerio Francesco Annese, Valerio Galli, Ilaria Penna, Debora Russo, Marina Veronesi, Rita Scarpelli, Stefania Sabella, Mario Caironi   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Earthworm‐Inspired Multi‐Material, Adaptive Strain‐Limiting, Hybrid Actuators for Soft Robots

Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2023
This research presents a new class of versatile multi‐material hybrid actuators (MASH actuators), powered by pneumatics and electrostatic adhesion (EA)‐based adaptive strain‐limiting layers.
Quan Xiong, Benjamin W. K. Ang, Tao Jin, Jonathan W. Ambrose, Raye C. H. Yeow   +4 more
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Aluminum Nitride Out-of-Plane Piezoelectric MEMS Actuators

Micromachines, 2023
Integrating microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) actuators with low-loss suspended silicon nitride waveguides enables the precise alignment of these waveguides to other photonic integrated circuits (PICs).
Almur A. S. Rabih, Mohammad Kazemi, Michaël Ménard, Frederic Nabki   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

From Food to Power: Hydrogel Thermoelectrics for Ingestible Electronics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
We introduce a fully edible thermoelectric–electrochromic platform that harvests heat from food and converts it into a visible color change. N‐type and p‐type hydrogel thermoelectric generators connected in series power anthocyanin‐based electrochromic displays, demonstrating the feasibility of safe, biodegradable, ingestible systems for on‐food ...
Antonia Georgopoulou, Bokeon Kwak, Dario Floreano, Esther Amstad   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wearable Smart Patches on Sustainable Chitosan With Reversible Microbial Growth‐Inhibitory Properties

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Chitosan, a polysaccharide upcycled from biowaste, has long promised sustainable, biocompatible, and antimicrobial films and devices, an appeal reinforced by its recent regulatory recognition, with several chitosan‐based antibacterial dressings gaining clearance through the Food and Drug Administration's 510(k) pathway.
Jacopo Nicoletti, Kubra Kocak, Andrea Michel, Enrico Cavarzerani, Ali Raza, Petr Rohzin, Nouha Loudhaief, Saimir Frroku, Nicolò Baldovin, Hazrat Bilal, Alvise Perosa, Maurizio Selva, Flavio Rizzolio, Luca Sbuelz, Sabrina Tamburini, Domenico De Fazio, Giovanni Antonio Salvatore   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source