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Soft Skins With Reversible Thickness Morphing: Materials, Mechanisms, and Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Evolution of electronic skin (e‐skin) technologies toward adaptive, multifunctional soft skins. Phase I highlights early rigid and discrete sensory interfaces. Phase II shows the transition toward flexible, stretchable, and large‐area e‐skin. Phase III captures the emergence of computational e‐skin.
Oliver Ozioko, Chiamaka Akah, Ravinder Dahiya   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nonwoven‐Based Textile Architectures for Energy Storage Applications: Materials, Preparation, Characterization, and Prospects

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
Nonwoven textile architectures are emerging as versatile platforms for next‐generation energy storage, demonstrating how tailored materials and fabrication strategies enhance ion transport, conductivity, flexibility, and scalability for high‐performance sustainable devices.
Tarikul Islam, Md. Hanif Munshi, Rijon Saha, Shaikh Almoon Hussain, Aqib Adnan Shafin, Shumsul Arefin, Md. Kamruzzaman   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multidirectional Motion Strategy of Miniature Water Surface Robot Actuated by Single Exciter

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A novel multidirectional motion strategy on the water surface based on a single exciter is proposed, and a single‐exciter single‐plate module is developed for actuation. The driving forces generation mechanism of the module is revealed from the perspective of the asymmetric surface wave field.
Haoxuan He, Dehong Wang, Jing Li, Shijing Zhang, Yingxiang Liu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

FiN‐Kiri: Fabric‐Based Inflatable Kirigami Actuator for Multimodal Soft Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This study introduces a type of inflatable fabric‐based kirigami actuator capable of performing bending motion. The actuator is utilized as soft grippers, a crawling robot and a swimming robot. The crawling robot demonstrated extraordinary motion capabilities, such as moving forward, turning and navigating a narrow tunnel.
Yang Yu, Yupei Zhang, Yanqi Yin, Yehui Wu, Jinyao Zhang, Ruiyu Bai, Jiaqiang Yao, Kewei Su, Chenyi Yu, Zhicheng Tian, Naipeng Li, Zhuang Zhang, Bo Li   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Harnessing Phase Separation for the Development of High‐Performance Hydrogels

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hydrogels are indispensable for the development of next‐generation bioelectronics, soft robotics, and biomedical devices, where their mechanical properties determine performance and reliability. Among strategies to enhance hydrogel mechanics, phase separation enables controlled heterogeneity resulting in gel networks that are reinforced by ...
Yue Shao, Yiming Ma, Baihao Shao, Molly M. Stevens   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Worm‐Inspired Origami Robot with Multimodal Locomotion for Adaptive Mobility in Complex Pipeline Environments

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
An origami worm‐inspired robot achieves multimodal locomotion in confined pipelines through mechatronic integration that embeds actuation, control, and communication within each origami module. Large, reversible configuration and dimensional changes enable 25 gaits synthesized by a unified framework across peristaltic, inchworm, and wheel‐rolling modes
Qiwei Zhang, Kangning Tan, Zihan He, Hongsen Pang, Yanjie Wang, Hongbin Fang, Jian Xu   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Leading the Pack: Next‐Generation Batteries for Humanoid Robotics

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Humanoid robots challenge traditional and anticipated energy technologies. Humanoid robot benchmarks of runtimes and energy demands for industry applications inform humanoid robot battery design choices at the cell level, pack level, and system level.
Matthew Bergschneider, Jiaqi Ke, Jin Luo, Laisuo Su, Thomas Campbell, Yue Zhou, Kyeongjae Cho   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of In-Pipe Mobile Robot Using Pneumatic Soft-Actuator

Proceedings of the JFPS International Symposium on Fluid Power, 1999
In this paper, soft-actuators are developed, which are made of a silicon rubber and are driven with a pneumatic power. The silicon rubber has a flexibility, and the pneumatic power has a compressibility. Using these characteristics, soft-actuators can be realized.
KUBOTA, Mitsuhiko, NORITSUGU, Toshiro
openaire   +3 more sources

Bio‐Based Polyurethanes for Sustainable and Multifunctional Applications

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Bio‐based polyurethanes prepared from vegetable oils, lignin, and polysaccharides have attracted increasing interest as alternatives to fossil‐derived polyurethanes. This review summarizes recent progress in their chemistry, structural engineering, and advanced applications, highlighting the roles of feedstocks, chain‐segment design, dynamic covalent ...
Xin Li, Henghui Deng, Shiwei Yu, Jiawei Huang, Zehong Chen, Dawei Zhao, Chaoqun Zhang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Smart Pipe Inspection Robot With In-Chassis Motor Actuation Design and Integrated AI-Powered Defect Detection System

IEEE Access
In the contemporary world, inspection operations have become a critical component of infrastructure maintenance. Over the years, the demand for comprehensive inspection of pipes, both internally and externally, has grown increasingly complex and ...
Darkhan Zholtayev, Daniyar Dauletiya, Aisulu Tileukulova, Dias Akimbay, Manat Nursultan, Yersaiyn Bushanov, Askat Kuzdeuov, Azamat Yeshmukhametov   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source