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Soft Pneumatic Actuators Using Negative Pressure

, 2017
Soft robotics is a growing field where scientists and engineers collaborate to design machines that collaborate safely with humans (namely “collaborative robot”), and manipulate soft or delicate objects safely.
Yang, Dian
core  

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

Phase-Change Silicone Elastomers for Tough, Soft Actuators. [PDF]

Macromolecules
Lee YJ, Dana A, George SM, Sivaperuman Kalairaj M, Tseng YC, Nitschke BM, Gibson JA, Grunlan MA, Ware TH.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Multimodal Actuation and Environment Adaptive Strategies of Bio‐Inspired Micro/Nanorobots in Precision Medicine

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
An introduction for multidrive and environment‐adaptive micro/nanorobotics: design and fabrication strategies, intelligent actuation, and their applications. Various intelligent actuation approaches—magnetic, acoustic, optical, chemical, and biological—can be synergistically designed to enhance flexibility and adaptive behavior for precision medicine ...
Aiqing Ma, Han Gong, Jiacheng Ouyang, Liqi Chen, Tianfang Kang, Yiran He, Guojun Huang, Sidi Zheng, Ting Yin, Hong Pan, Lintao Cai   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Magnetoactive bistable soft actuators for programmable large shape transformations at low magnetic fields. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Wen H, Shao Z, Sun Y, Ma C, Xiang F, Xia L, Zhu X, Li X, Li L, Cao Q.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Direct Ink Writing of Recyclable Supramolecular Soft Actuators. [PDF]

ACS Macro Lett, 2022
Lugger SJD, Verbroekken RMC, Mulder DJ, Schenning APHJ.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Soft Robotics. Soft Actuator.

Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, 1999
openaire   +2 more sources

Soft Robotic Snake with Tunable Undulatory Gait for Efficient Underwater Locomotion

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This study designs an underwater soft snake robot using 3D‐printed soft actuators, controlled by specific signals to generate sinusoidal undulation. Results show a positive correlation between speed and swing amplitude, with optimal performance at 2/3π phase offset, PLA tail, 1.2 voltage growth rate, and 6s undulation period achieving a maximum speed ...
Huichen Ma, Junjie Zhou, Raye Yeow
wiley   +1 more source

Porous Hybrid Soft Actuators From Liquid Crystal Networks and Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystal Templated Hydrogels. [PDF]

Adv Mater
Herrera Restrepo RS, Tejedor García IH, Scarfo MG, Bouzari N, Rajabi N, Bantysh O, Torres-Andrés J, James CWV, Guix M, Aghakhani A, Ignés-Mullol J, Pané S, Puigmartí-Luis J, Shahsavan H.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Soft actuators for real-world applications. [PDF]

Nat Rev Mater, 2022
Li M, Pal A, Aghakhani A, Pena-Francesch A, Sitti M.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source