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Materials selection for microsystems actuators
, 2008 The recent developments of novel thin film materials and their associated processes have marked the onset of change in the design philosophy of Micro-Electro- Mechanical Systems (MEMS) from process centric to performance centric.
Srinivasan, Prasanna
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Modeling Soft Rehabilitation Actuators: Segmented PRB Formulations with FEM-Based Calibration
Soft pneumatic glove actuators for hand rehabilitation require compact, accurate models that can be evaluated in real time. At the same time, high-fidelity finite element (FE) simulations are too slow for iterative design and control. We develop a finite
David Liović +3 more
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Autonomous Folding of Soft Matter From Living Polymers
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Origami structures are endowed with “living” polymer creases that grow, remodel, and stiffen in response to nutrient solutions. This post‐fabrication growth enables autonomous folding, iterative regrowth, and mechanical tuning involving origami assemblies, such as cranes, Miura‐ori tessellations, rigid and non‐rigid square‐twist patterns, establishing ...
Jiahe Huang +6 more
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Fully Integrated Silicone Electromagnetic Actuators for Untethered and Bio‐Inspired Soft Robotics
Advanced Intelligent SystemsElectromagnetic (EM) soft actuators exhibit exceptional responsiveness to the critical demands of soft robotics, offering advantages such as high actuation speed, low weight, energy efficiency, and electrical controllability.
Antonio Pavone +4 more
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This review examines passive, active, and hybrid liquid manipulation strategies, highlighting hybrid approaches as an emerging route to reconcile energy efficiency with adaptive control. By actively reconstructing passive surfaces to store programmable interfacial energy, hybrid systems enable flexible yet low‐power liquid transport, with perspectives ...
Jiaqi Miao +3 more
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A highly stretchable fibrous actuator with robust cyclic actuation and reprogrammable motions
InfoMatFibrous stretchable actuators, distinguished by their lightweight, flexibility, and high robustness, are capable of operating in confined, complex environments and can be seamlessly integrated into wearable textiles, demonstrating significant potential ...
Guangchuan Chen +9 more
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Transient Cytoskeletal Anisotropy Encodes Short‐Term Mechanical Memory in Glioblastoma Cells
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.The same mechanical deformation can produce distinct cytoskeletal states depending on loading history. Experiments and constitutive modeling reveal that transient actin–vimentin anisotropy stores mechanical information and governs short‐term mechanical memory in glioblastoma cells.
Clara Gomez‐Cruz +5 more
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Dielectric Elastomer Actuators for soft-grasping [PDF]
We demonstrate here a configuration of soft actuator which has several features such as, being completely soft, simple, thin, foldable, and stretchable while having uni/bidirectional bending actuation.
Shintake, Jun +4 more
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.We mechanically program liquid crystal elastomer coatings as a stimuli‐responsive and digitally addressable platform for refreshable tactile displays; we validate the perceptual performance of our dynamic device matches conventional static tactile media.
Tom Bruining +9 more
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Computer-controlled ultra high voltage amplifier for dielectric elastomer actuators
Biomimetic Intelligence and RoboticsSoft robotics is a breakthrough technology to support human–robot interactions. The soft structure of a soft robot can increase safety during human and robot interactions.
Ardi Wiranata +7 more
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