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

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
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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 Shape‐Adaptive, Performance‐Programmable, Self‐Healable and On‐Demand Destructible Robotic Skin via Self‐Strengthening Dynamic Silicone

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Enabled by the distinctive inter‐ and intra‐chain siloxane exchange in commercially available silicones as the dielectric layer, the omni‐adaptive robotic skin (OmniAdapt) integrates multiple advanced functionalities: programmable sensing performance via the self‐stiffening dielectric material, application as BPM sensor, shape adaptivity for electronic
Wusha Miao, Lara S. Laamari, Jing Yu, Sanjay Schreiber, Lukas Heer, Jiacheng Cui, Jiayuan Huang, Hedan Bai   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Low-Friction Soft Robots for Targeted Bacterial Infection Treatment in Gastrointestinal Tract

Cyborg and Bionic Systems
Untethered and self-transformable miniature robots are capable of performing reconfigurable deformation and on-demand locomotion, which aid the traversal toward various lumens, and bring revolutionary changes for targeted delivery in gastrointestinal (GI)
Ben Wang, Yunrui Chen, Zhicheng Ye, Haidong Yu, Kai Fung Chan, Tiantian Xu, Zhiguang Guo, Weimin Liu, Li Zhang   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Automated Benchmarking of Variable‐Property Soft Robotic Fingertips to Enable Task‐Optimized Sensor Selection

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Sensorized fingertips are needed to unlock robotic dexterity, versatility, and diverse interactions. Here, 15 identically‐shaped robotic fingertips are benchmarked by a fully automated toolchange system, covering eight different materials and six broadly‐ranging sensing mechanisms.
David Hardman, Benhui Dai, Qinghua Guan, Antonia Georgopoulou, Fumiya Iida, Josie Hughes   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Autonomous Alignment and Docking Control for a Self-Reconfigurable Modular Mobile Robotic System

Robotics
This paper presents the path planning and motion control of a self-reconfigurable mobile robot system, focusing on module-to-module autonomous docking and alignment tasks.
Shumin Feng, Yujiong Liu, Isaac Pressgrove, Pinhas Ben-Tzvi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Self-reconfigurable robots: an introduction [PDF]

Choice Reviews Online, 2010
Stoy, Kasper, Brandt, David, Christensen, David Johan   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

A Review on Biodegradable Materials of Sustainable Soft Robotics and Electronics

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Biodegradable materials are gaining increasing attention in soft robotics and electronics due to their environmental friendliness, showing great potential for sustainability. In this review, the classification of biodegradable materials, their applications in the field of soft robotics and electronics, as well as the challenges and future prospects ...
Yizhu Xie, Jiaxin Han, Xingyi Dai, Xuyang Zhang, Kangwen Xiao, Junhui Huang, Yajun Cao, Aihua Zhong, Long‐Biao Huang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

4D Printing of Magnetically Responsive Shape Memory Polymers: Toward Sustainable Solutions in Soft Robotics, Wearables, and Biomedical Devices

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Merging 4D printing with magneto‐responsive shape memory polymers opens new avenues for intelligent, reconfigurable systems. This review navigates cutting‐edge fabrication techniques, magnetic fillers, and smart polymer matrices, unveiling their potential in soft robotics, biomedical devices, and wearable tech.
Kiandokht Mirasadi, Mohammad Amin Yousefi, Liuchao Jin, Davood Rahmatabadi, Majid Baniassadi, Wei‐Hsin Liao, Mahdi Bodaghi, Mostafa Baghani   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source