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Liquid Crystalline Elastomers in Soft Robotics: Assessing Promise and Limitations

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are programmable soft materials that undergo large, anisotropic deformation in response to external stimuli. Their molecular alignment encodes directional actuation in a monolithic structure, making them long‐standing candidates for soft robotic systems.
Justin M. Speregen, Timothy J. White
wiley   +1 more source

Adaptive control for shape memory alloy actuated systems with applications to human-robot interaction. [PDF]

Front Neurosci
Shi E, Zhong X, Wang T, Li X, Bu C, Zhao X.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Origami‐Inspired Structural Design for Aquatic‐Terrestrial Amphibious Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work presents a lightweight amphibious origami robot actuated by a single shape memory alloy wire. A rigid foldable origami structure with displacement amplification enables efficient terrestrial crawling and aquatic swimming. The addition of fan‐shaped units allows controllable turning in both environments.
Weiqi Liu, Chunlong Wang, Xiaohang Sun, Hongwei Guo, Jiayao Ma, Yan Chen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mechanical, fatigue and super plasticity properties of Cu-Al-Mn, Cu-Al-Be-Mn shape memory alloy and their metal matrix composites. [PDF]

RSC Adv
H N, S P, N S, Alsubih M, Islam S, Majdi HS, Algburi S, Razak A.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Hybrid Continuum Robot Designs and Architectures for Healthcare Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Hybrid continuum robots represent an emerging class of flexible manipulators that blend materials, structures, and actuation concepts from the established fields of soft and continuum robotics. This review introduces an accessible framework to distinguish key hybridization approaches, surveys current designs aimed at complex clinical applications, and ...
Burak Ozdemir, Muhammad A. Khalid, Manish Chauhan, Pietro Valdastri, James H. Chandler   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Feasibility of a Shape-Memory-Alloy-Actuator System for Modular Acetabular Cups. [PDF]

Bioengineering (Basel)
Rotsch C, Kemter-Esser K, Dohndorf J, Knothe M, Drossel WG, Heyde CE.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Bioinspired Soft‐Skeleton Robotics With Cooperative Shape Transformation and Stiffness Adaptation

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A bioinspired soft‐skeleton robot that integrates variable‐stiffness chain skeletons into a soft textile skin is developed. The chain skeletons are highly flexible initially but can stiffen upon pneumatic actuation, enabling large deformation and enhanced load‐bearing capacity.
Mengyuan Niu, Xiaorui Hu, Chenmin Yuan, Haoyun Li, Xuzhong Su, Fengxin Sun   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microstructure, Mechanical Properties and Corrosion Performance of Laser-Welded NiTi Shape Memory Alloy in Simulated Body Fluid. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Kannan AR, Shanmugam NS, Rajkumar V, Vishnukumar M, Channabasavanna SG, Oh J, Dat TTK, Yoon J.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Intelligent Maintenance Review for Robots: Multimodal Information, Deep Diagnosis and Embodied Artificial Intelligence

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review maps the methods to monitor robots’ health by fusing vibration, sound, control signals, vision, force, and oil information with artificial intelligence. It identifies deep learning, transfer learning, digital twins, and physics‐informed models as key methodological pathways enabling earlier diagnosis, safer human–robot collaboration, and ...
Yuting Qiao, Hongbo Wang, Naipeng Li, Shuo Wang, Yaguo Lei, Tonghai Wu, Junyi Cao   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Design and Position Control of a Bionic Joint Actuated by Shape Memory Alloy Wires. [PDF]

Biomimetics (Basel)
Zhu Y, Jia Z, Niu X, Dong E.
europepmc   +1 more source