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Variable Kinematics enabled by Layer Jamming Transition in a Soft Bending Actuator
, 2023 In soft robotics, variable stiffness is typically employed to solve the trade-off between compliance and the ability to exert high forces. However, modulating the stiffness of a soft actuator can also provide control over its deformation and enhance its ...
Zehra Zaidi, Syeda Shadab +3 more
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Soft Mechanical‐Electrical Logic Using Liquid Metal‐Filled 3D‐Printed Architectures
Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.We present 3D‐printed soft mechanical–electrical logic elements that use liquid metal–filled silicone tubes actuated by thermoplastic polyurethane/polylactic acid (TPU/PLA) architectures to produce Boolean operations. Complementary normally open and normally closed unit cells perform repeatable binary transitions and can be combined into more complex ...
Christoph Lehmann +2 more
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Cathodic Cage Plasma Deposition of Nanostructured Cu–Fe–Se Coatings on Poly(methyl Methacrylate)
Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.Nanostructured Cu–Fe–Se coatings are deposited on PMMA by a modified cathodic cage plasma process, enabling low‐temperature deposition on polymer substrates. A transition from discontinuous to compact morphology is observed with temperature, with optimal properties at 200°C, where improved CuFeSe2‐type bonding, lowest sheet resistance, and favorable ...
V. S. S. Sobrinho +8 more
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Soft Pneumatic Actuator Skin with Embedded Sensors [PDF]
, 2014 Soft Pneumatic Actuator skin (SPA-skin) is a novel concept of ultra-thin (< 1 mm) sensor embedded actuators with distributed actuation points that could cover soft bodies.
Song, Yun Seong +7 more
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Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.Coarse‐grained (left) and atomistic (right) models of the shape memory polymer ESTANE ETE 75DT3 are shown schematically. The two representations bridge molecular detail and mesoscopic description. Both models capture shape memory behavior, linking segmental mobility and conformational relaxation of anisotropic chains to macroscopic recovery, and ...
Fathollah Varnik
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, 2022 Soft actuators have received extensive attention in the fields of soft robotics, biomedicine, and intelligence systems owing to their advantages of pliancy, silence, and essential safety.
Zhang C(张闯) +5 more
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A Novel Soft Bending Actuator Using Combined Positive and Negative Pressures
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2020 Most soft pneumatic actuators for producing bending actuation have made use of either positive or negative pressure and adjusted their design in consequence.
Mohammad Fatahillah +2 more
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From Food to Power: Hydrogel Thermoelectrics for Ingestible Electronics
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.We introduce a fully edible thermoelectric–electrochromic platform that harvests heat from food and converts it into a visible color change. N‐type and p‐type hydrogel thermoelectric generators connected in series power anthocyanin‐based electrochromic displays, demonstrating the feasibility of safe, biodegradable, ingestible systems for on‐food ...
Antonia Georgopoulou +3 more
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Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Sciences, 2020 Various complex shapes of dielectric electro-active polymer (DEAP) actuator have been promoted for several types of applications. In this study, the actuation and mechanical dynamics characteristics of a new core free flat DEAP soft actuator were ...
Abdul Malek Abdul Wahab +2 more
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Powerful 2D Soft Morphing Actuator Propels Giant Manta Ray Robot
Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2022 Soft actuator is the main technology that drives the development of soft robotics as it defines the capabilities of soft machines. One of the key challenges in soft actuator research is to simultaneously produce complex morphing (e.g., surface morphing ...
Yi Sun +7 more
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