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Strong‐Magnetic Flexible Composites for Magnetically Responsive Soft Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This perspective provides an overview of the performance mechanisms, preparation methods, and applications of strong magnetic flexible composite materials in soft actuators (such as gripping, movement, and sensing), and further explores current opportunities and challenges.
Wenwen Li, Shuai Liu, Xinyi Wang, Xinglong Gong, Shouhu Xuan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Highly Adaptable Hydrogen Bond Re-Orientation (HyBRO) Strategy for Multiscale Vasculature Fabrication. [PDF]

Adv Mater
Liao Z, Liu Y, Chen C, Lei IM, Dong L, Wang C.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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, Zixuan Zhang, Bingyan Li, Junkai Wang, Hongcheng Gu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Emergent collective alignment gives competitive advantage to longer cells during range expansion. [PDF]

Nat Commun
van den Berg N, Thijssen K, Nguyen TT, Cordero M, García Vázquez A, Mitarai N, Doostmohammadi A, Jauffred L.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

In Situ Photopolymerization of Smectic B Liquid‐Crystalline Electrolytes from Mesogenic Phosphate–Diacrylate/Ionic Liquid Complexes for High‐Performance Soft Ionic Actuators

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A flexible liquid‐crystalline electrolyte membrane via in situ photopolymerization of a phosphate‐functionalized mesogen, ionic liquid, and diacrylate monomer is developed. The resulting smectic B (SmB)‐phase structure enables 2D ion transport with high conductivity (10−4 S cm−1).
Chengyang Liu, Masafumi Yoshio
wiley   +1 more source

Fluorescence bioimaging of drug nanocarriers based on Förster resonance energy transfer, aggregation-induced emission and aggregation-caused quenching. [PDF]

Acta Pharm Sin B
Zhang R, He H, Lu Y, Raza A, Wu W.
europepmc   +1 more source

3D Printing of Soft Robotic Systems: Advances in Fabrication Strategies and Future Trends

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Collectively, this review systematically examines 3D‐printed soft robotics, encompassing material selections, function integration, and manufacturing methodologies. Meanwhile, fabrication strategies are analyzed in order of increasing complexity, highlighting persistent challenges with proposed solutions.
Changjiang Liu, Bin Cui, Xumin Huang, Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng, T. Thang Vo‐Doan, Ruirui Qiao   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Polysaccharide Hydrogel-Assisted Biosensing Platforms for Point-of-Care Use. [PDF]

Biosensors (Basel)
Kim SU, Kim YJ, Lee TH.
europepmc   +1 more source

Soft Actuators Integrated with Control and Power Units: Approaching Wireless Autonomous Soft Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Soft robots exhibit significant development potential in various applications. However, there are still key technical challenges regarding material improvement, structure design and components integration. This review focuses on the development and challenge of soft actuators, power components, and control components in untethered intelligent soft ...
Renwu Shi, Feifei Pan, Xiaobin Ji
wiley   +1 more source

Void Detection of Airport Concrete Pavement Slabs Based on Vibration Response Under Moving Load. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Wang X, Ma Z, Hu X, Cao X, Dong Q.
europepmc   +1 more source