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Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021 Biodegradability is an important property for soft robots that makes them environmentally friendly. Many biodegradable materials have natural origins, and creating robots using these materials ensures sustainability.
Toshiaki Nagai +2 more
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Simulation study of two chambers soft actuators using MARC [PDF]
, 2014 The Flexible Actuator (FA) is a type of pneumatic or hydraulic actuator that can bend, stretch, and twist in any direction by controlling the pressure in chambers of the actuator.
Bavandi, Mahrokh
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Adaptive Foam 3D Printing of Ultralight and Multifunctional Materials
Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.Adaptive foam 3D printing, enabled by expandable microspheres, imparts cellular structures to thermoplastic and thermosetting polymers, manufactured through a variety of processes including fused filament fabrication, direct ink writing, digital light processing, and inkjet printing.
Nariman Rajabifar, Amir Ameli
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Origami-inspired folding assembly of dielectric elastomers for programmable soft robots
Microsystems & Nanoengineering, 2022 Origami has become an optimal methodological choice for creating complex three-dimensional (3D) structures and soft robots. The simple and low-cost origami-inspired folding assembly provides a new method for developing 3D soft robots, which is ideal for ...
Yanhua Sun +10 more
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An overview of novel actuators for soft robotics [PDF]
, 2018 In this systematic survey, an overview of non-conventional actuators particularly used in soft-robotics is presented. The review is performed by using well-defined performance criteria with a direction to identify the exemplary and potential applications.
Boyraz Baykas, Pinar +9 more
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Fabrication Routes for Ionic Conducting Fiber Strain Sensors
Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.Ionic conducting fiber strain sensors (ICFSs) offer compliant, textile‐integrable sensing. Thus far, the commercialization of ICFSs has been constrained by fiber fabrication routes. This review provides a fabrication‐centric analysis of ICFSs correlating processing strategies with material properties and scalability.
Leo John Kershaw +3 more
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Rotary 3D Printing With Integrated Electroplating
Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.A rotary material extrusion platform integrates localized copper electroplating with printing and encapsulation to fabricate cylindrical polymer–metal structures containing fully embedded, low‐resistance conductive pathways that enable internal Joule heating and thermally activated shape‐memory responses.
Antonio Zagaria +5 more
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Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2021 Pneumatic soft robotic systems show remarkable potentials in producing versatile locomotion and manipulations, owing to their flexibility in structural design and material selections. However, fabrication of pneumatic soft robotic systems with complex 3D
Yichi Luo, Jiang Zou, Guoying Gu
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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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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Chitosan, a polysaccharide upcycled from biowaste, has long promised sustainable, biocompatible, and antimicrobial films and devices, an appeal reinforced by its recent regulatory recognition, with several chitosan‐based antibacterial dressings gaining clearance through the Food and Drug Administration's 510(k) pathway.
Jacopo Nicoletti +16 more
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