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Thermo‐Mechanically Recyclable Smart Textiles from Circularly Knitted Liquid Crystal Elastomer Fibers

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Reprogrammable multi‐material smart textiles knitted from liquid crystal elastomer fibers undergo 2D and 3D deformation under thermal and photo stimuli. Circularly knitted tubular structures reversibly contract in radial and axial directions, enabling autonomous climbing, liquid release, and micro pumping.
Xue Wan, Tongxiang Deng, Linda Plaude, Bo Gao, Siyao Chen, Fabien Sorin, Kaspar M. B. Jansen, Kun Zhou, Albert P. H. J. Schenning   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shape‐Changing Multiphase Microparticles from Complex Liquid Crystal Emulsions

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Liquid crystalline network (LCN) microparticles are prepared from single, double (Janus), and triple emulsions through a simple and scalable bulk‐emulsification strategy. Under heating, the particles exhibit robust, reversible, large‐amplitude deformations that depend both on the morphology and the liquid crystals director field configuration.
Marco Turriani, Camilla Parmeggiani, Daniele Martella, Alberto Concellón   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Roles and Self-Reconfigurable Robots [PDF]

, 2007
A self-reconfigurable robot is a robotic device that can change its own shape.Self-reconfigurable robots are commonly built from multiple identical modules that canmanipulate each other to change the shape of the robot. The robot can also perform taskssuch as locomotion without changing shape.
Dvinge, Nicolai, Schultz, Ulrik Pagh, Christensen, David Johan   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

A Quantitative Printability Framework for Programmable Assembly of Pre‐Vascular Patterns via Laser‐Induced Forward Transfer

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Laser‐Induced Forward Transfer (LIFT) is presented as a powerful micropatterning tool. An objective printability framework is developed to assess optimal printing parameter combinations. The technology is further explored for its ability to deterministically deposit microdroplets at predefined locations following CAD designs, enabling the patterning of
Cécile Bosmans, Núria Ginés Rodriguez, Ulisses Jesús Gutiérrez Hernández, David Fernandez Rivas, Marcel Karperien, Jos Malda, Liliana Moreira Teixeira, Riccardo Levato, Jeroen Leijten   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Application of Tiling Theory for Path Planning Strategy in a Polyiamond Inspired Reconfigurable Robot

IEEE Access, 2019
Commercial floor cleaning robots face significant challenges in accessing convex and narrow corners due to their fixed and regular morphologies. To overcome this, we develop a new class of self-reconfigurable floor cleaning robot, hTetrakis, which is ...
Rizuwana Parween, Veerajagadheswar Prabakaran, Mohan Rajesh Elara, Ayyalusami Vengadesh, Vinu Sivanantham   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bioinspired Adaptive Sensors: A Review on Current Developments in Theory and Application

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review comprehensively summarizes the recent progress in the design and fabrication of sensory‐adaptation‐inspired devices and highlights their valuable applications in electronic skin, wearable electronics, and machine vision. The existing challenges and future directions are addressed in aspects such as device performance optimization ...
Guodong Gong, You Zhou, Qingxiu Li, Wenyu Zhao, Sunyingyue Geng, Hangfei Li, Yan‐Bing Leng, Shirui Zhu, Guanglong Ding, Yongbiao Zhai, Ziyu Lv, Ye Zhou, Su‐Ting Han   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
core   +1 more source

Multifunctional Fluidic Units for Emergent, Responsive Robotic Behaviors

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A multifunctional reconfigurable fluidic unit can be used as sensor, valve and actuator is presented. A unique configuration combines the features of the three components as a Responsive self‐oscillating actuator. The remarkable versatility of the fluidic unit is demonstrated by building different robots with the same fluidic units only by varying ...
Mostafa Mousa, Alberto Comoretto, Johannes T.B. Overvelde, Antonio E. Forte   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Physical Intelligence in Small‐Scale Robots and Machines

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
“Physical intelligence” (PI) empowers biological organisms and artificial machines, especially at the small scales, to perceive, adapt, and even reshape their complex, dynamic, and unstructured operation environments. This review summarizes recent milestones and future directions of PI in small‐scale robots and machines.
Huyue Chen, Metin Sitti
wiley   +1 more source

Emergent Motility of Self‐Organized Particle‐Giant Unilamellar Vesicle Assembly

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs), when combined with silica particles under alternating electric fields, spontaneously self‐assemble into motile structures. Asymmetric particle decoration induces fluid flows that propel the assemblies, enabling persistent motion and reversible control.
Selcan Karaz, Gaurav Gardi, Mertcan Han, Saadet Fatma Baltaci, Mukrime Birgul Akolpoglu, Metin Sitti   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source