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Advances in Electroactive Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Intelligent Robotics and Electronics

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Electroactive liquid crystal elastomers (eLCEs) integrate molecular anisotropy with electrical functionality to enable programmable actuation and reconfigurable electronics. This review classifies eLCEs into robotic actuators and adaptive electronics, summarizes key actuation mechanisms, and highlights fabrication strategies that bridge materials to ...
Kavita Ramesh Rathod, Sena Chon, Jae Hyuk Hwang, Sung Hyuk Park, Woohwa Lee, Joonmyung Choi, Shi Hyeong Kim, Seung Hwan Ko, Changsoon Choi, Seon Jeong Kim, Dong‐Gyun Kim, Habeom Lee, Kyung Gook Cho, Woon‐Hong Yeo, Hyun Kim   +14 more
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3D Large‐Scale Subwavelength‐Resolution Sound Sheet Tomography Based on an Active and Programmable Circular Meta‐Array

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A programmable 2048‐element circular ultrasound array combined with a compact acoustic lens produces a thin “sound sheet” over a large field of view, and records echoes with wide angular diversity across the ring aperture. Coherence‐enhanced beamforming converts full‐matrix data into high‐contrast tomographic slices, delivering near‐diffraction‐limited
Qiu‐De Zhang, Zi‐Bin Lin, Zhuo Chen, Zhao‐Hui Liu, Jin‐Lian He, Jun‐Jie Song, Long‐Sheng Zeng, Liang Zhou, Ming‐Yue Ding, Yu‐Gui Peng, Ming Yuchi, Xue‐Feng Zhu   +11 more
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Compliant Robotics in Space: A Prospective Review of Soft and Deformable Systems for Space Missions

Advanced Intelligent Systems
Space exploration demands innovative robotic solutions to address complex challenges. This article provides a forward‐looking perspective on the emerging field of compliant robotics for space applications, categorizing these systems into reconfigurable ...
Hamed Rahimi Nohooji, Holger Voos
doaj   +1 more source

Study of Free‐Space Optical Quantum Network: Review and Prospectives

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Free from the constraints of fiber connections, free‐space quantum network enables longer and more flexible quantum network connections. This review summarizes and comparatively analyzes free‐space quantum network experiments based on ground stations, satellites, and mobile platforms.
Hua‐Ying Liu, Zhenda Xie, Shining Zhu
wiley   +1 more source

Vacuum–Laser Fabrication of Programmable Soft Actuators

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A rapid and accessible fabrication strategy for inflatable soft actuators is presented, combining vacuum sealing with laser cutting of low‐cost thermoplastic pouches. The method enables precise sealing, fast fabrication, and programmable multi‐cell geometries.
Ashkan Rezanejad, Mostafa Mousa, Yuxuan Wang, Michael Adlerstein, Junke Yao, Antonio E. Forte   +5 more
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Centimeter‐Scale Magneto‐Reconfigurable Parallel Robots: A Grassmann Line Geometry Synthesis Framework for Multitask Adaptation Using Magneto‐Connected Part Library

Advanced Intelligent Systems
The development of centimeter‐scale reconfigurable parallel robots is critical for applications requiring precise, adaptive, and space‐constrained operations across bench‐top automation and minimally invasive systems. However, existing platforms struggle
Yunong Li, Bin Zhu, Wenchao Yue, Zhiwei Fang, Xiao Xiao, Hongliang Ren   +5 more
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Reconfiguration of 3D Crystalline Robots Using O(log n) Parallel Moves

, 2009
We consider the theoretical model of Crystalline robots, which have been introduced and prototyped by the robotics community. These robots consist of independently manipulable unit-square atoms that can extend/contract arms on each side and attach/detach
Aloupis, Greg, Collette, Sebastien, Demaine, Erik D., Langerman, Stefan, Sacristan, Vera, Wuhrer, Stefanie   +5 more
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All‐in‐One Underwater Quality Evaluation Metamaterial With Mechanical Robustness, Sound Attenuation, and Diffuse Reflection

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
In this work, a bioinspired all‐in‐one underwater quality evaluation metamaterial, combining sound attenuation, diffuse reflection, and mechanical robustness, is proposed based on jumping spider locomotion and human skeletal biomechanics. Meanwhile, a CNN‑driven quality evaluation framework is established for theoretically dimension‐reduced ...
Hongze Li, Zhenyu Li, Jinshui Yang, Jianhao Wu, Yidan Chen, Linzhi Wu, Hong Hu, Penglin Gao, Yegao Qu   +8 more
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An auxetic meta-structure enabled soft locomotive robot

npj Robotics
This paper introduces the ADAMBOT, a novel soft locomotive robot that leverages the active deformability of auxetic meta-structures, a feature largely unexplored in robotics.
Peng Jiang, Yang Deng, Xiaoyi Wang, Qian Xu, Rui Jiao, Hongyu Yu   +5 more
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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
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