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3D Printed Multi-Cavity Soft Actuator with Integrated Motion and Sensing Functionalities via Bio-Inspired Interweaving Foldable Endomysium. [PDF]

Adv Sci (Weinh)
Fang Z, Tang S, Su Y, Liu X, Liu S, Yi J, Wang Z, Dai JS.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Collision‐Resilient Winged Drones Enabled by Tensegrity Structures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Based on structures of birds such as the woodpeck, this article presents the collision‐resilient aerial robot, SWIFT. SWIFT leverages tensegrity structures in the fuselage and wings which allow it to undergo large deformations in a crash, without sustaining damage. Experiments show that SWIFT can reduce impact forces by 70% over conventional structures.
Omar Aloui, Raphael Zufferey, William Stewart, Mohammad Askari, Simon Jeger, Dario Floreano   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Functionally antagonistic polyelectrolyte for electro-ionic soft actuator. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Nguyen VH, Oh S, Mahato M, Tabassian R, Yoo H, Lee SG, Garai M, Kim KJ, Oh IK.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Piezoresistivity Enhancement by Graphite Flake Alignment in Thin Composite Films for Dielectric Elastomer Switches

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This article presents dielectric elastomer switch (DES) materials, based on composite thin films. Alignment of graphite flakes due to their physical confinement within the thin films lead to much stronger piezoresistive responses than bulk composites, while their durability exceeds that of conventional liquid‐based DES materials.
Lingyu Liu, Thomas Kister, Bart‐Jan Niebuur, Tobias Kraus   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intrinsically Multistable Soft Actuator Driven by Mixed-Mode Snap-Through Instabilities. [PDF]

Adv Sci (Weinh)
Luo Y, Patel DK, Li Z, Hu Y, Luo H, Yao L, Majidi C.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Auto‐Routing Fluidic Printed Circuit Boards

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work introduces (STREAM) software tool for routing efficiently advanced macrofluidics, an open‐source software tool for automating the design of 3D‐printable fluidic circuit boards. STREAM streamlines tube routing and layout, enabling the rapid fabrication of fluidic networks for soft robotics, lab‐on‐a‐chip devices, microfluidics, and biohybrid ...
Savita V. Kendre, Lehong Wang, Haotian Liu, Markus P. Nemitz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Wrist-Inspired Magneto-Pneumatic Hybrid-Driven Soft Actuator with Bidirectional Torsion. [PDF]

Cyborg Bionic Syst
Xu Y, Ju K, Zhang C.
europepmc   +1 more source

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

Ti₃C₂T _x MXene Based Electro-Ionic Soft Actuator with Potential for Wearable Finger Straps. [PDF]

ACS Omega
Li H.
europepmc   +1 more source

Molecular Appendix Adjusted Architectural Propagations of Red‐Light Controlled Macroscopic Photoactuating Performances

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Amphiphilic chloroazobenzenes, bearing different amino acids as end groups alanine, phenylalanine, and valine, exhibit excellent photoisomerizations. Varying structures of three amino acid groups participate in supramolecular formations and therefore photoinduced morphological transformations via adjusting intermolecular interactions. These interaction
Shuangshuang Meng, Ming‐Hin Chau, Takashi Kajitani, Franco King‐Chi Leung   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source