Nanogenerators: Self-Powered Cardiac Pacemaker Enabled by Flexible Single Crystalline PMN-PT Piezoelectric Energy Harvester (Adv. Mater. 28/2014) [PDF]
, 2014 Geon‐Tae Hwang +13 more
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Liquid Metal Sensors for Soft Robots
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This review thoroughly reviews liquid metal sensors in soft robots. Their unique material properties like high conductivity and good biocompatibility are analyzed. Working principles are classified, and applications in environmental perception, motion detection, and human—robot interaction are introduced.
Qi Zhang +7 more
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Ionic Hydrogel‐Based Moisture Electric Generators for Underwater Electronics
Advanced ScienceUbiquitous moisture is of particular interest for sustainable power generation and self‐powered electronics. However, current moisture electric generators (MEGs) can only harvest moisture energy in the air, which tremendously limits the energy harvesting
Daozhi Shen +12 more
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Hard‐Magnetic Soft Millirobots in Underactuated Systems
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.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 +4 more
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Tribovoltaic Effect: Origin, Interface, Characteristic, Mechanism & Application
Advanced ScienceTribovoltaic effect is a phenomenon of the generation of direct voltage and current by the mechanical friction on semiconductor interface, which exhibits a brand‐new energy conversion mechanism by the coupling of semiconductor and triboelectrification ...
Zhi Zhang +5 more
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Toward Wireless Implantable Robotic Systems Driven by Magnetic Field for Personalized Therapy
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Robotic materials are playing an increasingly vital role in enabling sensing and actuation at small scales. This perspective highlights recent advances in magnetic materials and magnetically actuated devices for wireless sensing, actuation, and energy harvesting toward implantable robotic systems for closed‐loop therapy.
Yusheng Wang, Ruijian Ge, Xiaoguang Dong
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Energy ReportsGreen energy harvesting devices are potential sustainable power sources for self-powered sensors, electronics, and the Internet of Things. Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) based on natural polymers and waste materials can harvest green energy from ...
Ernesto Alberto Elvira-Hernández +6 more
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Surface Engineering of Triboelectric Nanogenerator with an Electrodeposited Gold Nanoflower Structure [PDF]
, 2015 Sang-Jae Park +5 more
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A Review on Sensor Technologies, Control Approaches, and Emerging Challenges in Soft Robotics
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This review provides an introspective of sensors and controllers in soft robotics. Initially describing the current sensing methods, then moving on to the control methods utilized, and finally ending with challenges and future directions in soft robotics focusing on the material innovations, sensor fusion, and embedded intelligence for sensors and ...
Ean Lovett +5 more
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Highly reliable wind-rolling triboelectric nanogenerator operating in a wide wind speed range [PDF]
, 2016 Hyungseok Yong +5 more
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