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Degradable Magnetic Composites from Recycled NdFeB Magnets for Soft Actuation and Sensing

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work presents a degradable soft magnetic composite made from recycled NdFeB particles embedded in a gelatin‐based organogel. The material is processed into magnetic sensors and soft robotic components, which can later be dissolved in a green solvent to recover NdFeB magnetic particles.
Muhammad Bilal Khan, Lin Guo, Kilian Schäfer, Eduardo Sergio Oliveros‐Mata, Xiaotao Wang, Florian Hofmann, Matthias Lutzi, Mark Suppelt, Proloy Taran Das, Jan Schmidtpeter, Imants Dirba, Stephan Rinderknecht, Mario Kupnik, Denys Makarov, Oliver Gutfleisch   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Waveguide Photoactuators: Materials, Fabrication, and Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Waveguide photoactuators convert guided light into mechanical motion. Their tethered‐flexible design enables minimally invasive surgery and confined‐space robotics. This review aims to guide materials selection, device design, and system integration, accelerating the transition of waveguide photoactuators from laboratory prototypes to versatile ...
Minjie Xi, Hemin Pan, Yang Zong, Yongfeng Mei, Jizhai Cui   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Two-Axis Piezoresistive Force Sensing Tool for Microgripping

Sensors, 2021
Force sensing has always been an important necessity in making decisions for manipulation. It becomes more appealing in the micro-scale context, especially where the surface forces become predominant.
Bhawnath Tiwari, Margot Billot, Cédric Clévy, Joël Agnus, Emmanuel Piat, Philippe Lutz   +5 more
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Force–Displacement Characterization of PNIPAM Microactuators

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A method to experimentally establish a force–displacement diagram of poly(N‐isopropyl acrylamide) (PNIPAM) microactuators, printed by 2PP, is presented herein. PNIPAM is a hydrogel whose volume and stiffness change with temperature due to the absorption or release of water.
Manon Cassignol, Esra Yalcinkaya, Adam Chafaï, Jérémy Odent, Pierre Lambert   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sea Cucumber‐Inspired Double‐Network Biopolymer Hydrogels for Programmable Soft Machines

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Inspired by the mutable dermis of sea cucumbers, the collagen‐alginate double‐network elastomeric (CoDE) hydrogel achieves programmable, recoverable, and functional mechanical behavior. The CoDE hydrogel mimics the mutable stiffness of the sea cucumber dermis through a densified collagen cryogel scaffold that is secondarily reinforced by a dissipative,
Luo Yan, He Xiao, Purohit Prashant K., Vining Kyle H.   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Habitat‐Specific Design Strategies for Untethered Soft Robots

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Habitat shapes the design of untethered soft robots. Across land, water, air, and living tissues, environmental constraints govern viable combinations of compliant structures, actuation mechanisms, and energy delivery. This review connects these constraints with robotic performance and identifies design principles for advancing adaptable, durable, and ...
Siyang Li, Zhikun Miao, Tuck‐Whye Wong, Tiefeng Li   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bubbles Acting as Micro End‐Effectors for Dexterous Manipulation and Sensing in Aqueous Environment

Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
Inspired by bubbles, this article proposes a low‐cost method for multifunctional manipulation and sensing using microbubbles in aqueous environments. Bubbles are easily generated in situ, enabling the safe and adaptive handling of microobjects and sensing of microforces and surface textures.
Zichen Xu, Qingsong Xu
wiley   +1 more source

Closed-loop control of microgripper system based on compliant mechanism

AIP Advances
A three-stage displacement amplification microgripper system based on compliant mechanisms was designed for microassembly and microoperation tasks.
Dongsheng Wang, Yanru Zhao, Huimeng Yang, Kunpeng Hong   +3 more
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Programable Acoustic Single‐Cell Manipulation With Model‐Free Machine Learning

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Closed‐loop control with ultrasound enables precise, noninvasive manipulation of individual cells inside a microfluidic device using a model‐free reinforcement learning‐inspired algorithm, achieving 2D control using a single piezoelectric transducer.
Alexander Edthofer, Guilherme J. Perticarari, Selma Helvelius Bounja, Thierry Baasch   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Monolithic Integration of Silicon Nanowires With a Microgripper [PDF]

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 2009
Si nanowire (NW) stacks are fabricated by utilizing the scalloping effect of inductively coupled plasma deep reactive ion etching. When two etch windows are brought close enough, scallops from both sides will ideally meet along the dividing centerline of the windows turning the separating material column into an array of vertically stacked strings ...
Ozsun, Ozgur, Alaca, B. Erdem, Leblebici, Yusuf, Yalcinkaya, Arda D., Yildiz, Izzet, Yilmaz, Mehmet, Zervas, Michalis   +6 more
openaire   +3 more sources