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Topology and Material Optimization in Ultra‐Soft Magneto‐Active Structures: Making Advantage of Residual Anisotropies

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Residual magnetization induces pronounced mechanical anisotropy in ultra‐soft magnetorheological elastomers, shaping deformation and actuation even without external magnetic fields. This study introduces a computational‐experimental framework integrating magneto‐mechanical coupling into topology optimization for designing soft magnetic actuators with ...
Carlos Perez‐Garcia, Rogelio Ortigosa, Jesús Martínez‐Frutos, Daniel Garcia‐Gonzalez   +3 more
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Freeform Manufacturing of Plant‐Based Structural Colors for Scalable Photonic and Mechanochromic Devices

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A green, freeform manufacturing approach that utilizes robust aqueous two‐phase systems to create intricate and scalable photonic structures and non‐planar mechanochromic hydrogel actuators from plant‐based hydroxypropyl cellulose. This approach broadens the structural possibilities of sustainable photonic devices and mechanochromic systems, offering ...
Xiao Song, Peiqi Niu, Wenxi Gu, Chun Lam Clement Chan, Jiuhong Yi, Xu Liu, Peng Tan, Chon In Haydn Cheong, Qingwen Guan, Dan Fang, Bingpu Zhou, Zi Liang Wu, Ji Liu, Yan Yan Shery Huang, Iek Man Lei   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

SMA Wire Use in Hybrid Twisting and Bending/Extending Soft Fiber-Reinforced Actuators

Actuators
Soft fiber-reinforced actuators have demonstrated significant potential across various robotics applications. However, the actuation motion in these actuators is typically limited to a single type of motion behavior, such as bending, extending, and ...
Seyedreza Kashef Tabrizian, Fovel Cedric, Seppe Terryn, Bram Vanderborght   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Large‐Area 2D Metasurface‐Based Triboelectric E‐Skin Arrays: Contact & Proximity Tactile Mapping with Broadband Acoustic Readouts

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Metasurface‐engineered NC‐TENG arrays integrate tactile pressure mapping, non‐contact gesture sensing, and acoustic signal readouts in one ultrathin module, and outperforms pristine PDMS in terms of electrical output and real‐time spatial mapping for next‐gen wearables.
Injamamul Arief, Swagato Sarkar, Anik Kumar Ghosh, Osvalds Verners, Kamal Kumar Meena, Su‐Hyeong Lee, Soosang Chae, Tobias A. F. König, Beate Krause, Andreas Fery, Mehmet Sait Özer, Anindya Nag, Amit Das   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soft pneumatic actuators for pushing fingers into extension

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation
Compliant pneumatic actuators possess many characteristics that are desirable for wearable robotic systems. These actuators can be lightweight, integrated with clothing, and accommodate uncontrolled degrees of freedom. These attributes are especially desirable for hand exoskeletons, where the soft actuator can conform to the highly variable digit shape.
James V. McCall, Gregory D. Buckner, Derek G. Kamper   +2 more
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Thiolated Polymers in 3D Bioprinting: Control of Gelation

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Thiolated polymers are established as programmable bioinks for 3D bioprinting, integrating versatile crosslinking chemistries with redox‐responsive control. This work demonstrates how molecular design and external triggers define gelation kinetics, printability windows, and structural fidelity, enabling stable, high‐resolution constructs and advancing ...
Soheil Haddadzadegan, Flavia Laffleur, Andreas Bernkop‐Schnürch   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Generative Design of Multimodal Soft Pneumatic Actuators

CoRR
The recent advancements in machine learning techniques have steered us towards the data-driven design of products. Motivated by this objective, the present study proposes an automated design methodology that employs data-driven methods to generate new designs of soft actuators.
Saswath Ghosh, Sitikantha Roy
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Untethered soft actuators for soft standalone robotics

Nature Communications
Soft actuators produce the mechanical force needed for the functional movements of soft robots, but they suffer from critical drawbacks since previously reported soft actuators often rely on electrical wires or pneumatic tubes for the power supply, which
Yeongju Jung, Kangkyu Kwon, Jinwoo Lee, Seung Hwan Ko   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Engineering Strain‐Stiffening Granular Hydrogels for 3D‐Printed Tissue‐Mimicry

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A 3D‐printable strain‐stiffening double‐network granular hydrogel (SDGH) enables independent, region‐specific tuning of toe (EToe) and heel (EHeel) moduli through control of microgel packing and network composition. This platform replicates tissue‐like nonlinear mechanics and allows fabrication of high‐fidelity, multilayered aortic valves with ...
Hyeokju Chae, Joohwan Han, Jeong‐Wook Seo, Taehoon Lee, Kihyeon Bae, Yeontaek Lee, Dong Soo Kim, Ikjin Kim, Jin‐Oh Kim, Steve Park   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of Pneumatic Rotary Soft Actuator.

TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS Series C, 2000
A soft actuator with an inherent flexibility has been required to build up a soft mechanical drive system such as a human collaboration robot. In this study, a rotary type soft actuator made of silicone rubber driven with a compressed air has been developed. This actuator can realize the desired rotary operation by using the fiber reinforcement and the
NORITSUGU, Toshiro, KUBOTA, Mitsuhiko, YOSHIMATSU, Sadaharu   +2 more
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