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Multimaterial 3D printed soft actuators powered by shape memory alloy wires [PDF]
, 2019 Shape memory alloys (SMAs) have been widely used to fabricate soft actuators by embedding SMA wires into various soft matrices manufactured by conventional moulding methods or novel three-dimensional (3D) printing techniques.
Ge, Qi +17 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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Strain Sensor-Embedded Soft Pneumatic Actuators for Extension and Bending Feedback [PDF]
, 2018 For soft robots to leave the lab and enter unstructured environments, proprioception is required to understand how interactions in the field affect the soft structure.
Paik, Jamie +5 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Electronic waste has emerged as a major environmental challenge, driven by the massive consumption and a limited lifetime of modern electronic devices, stimulating the development of sustainable electronics. Here, an all‐biomaterial gelatin‐choline‐citric acid ([Ch][CA]) ionogel is developed as an active binder to realize self‐sintered ...
Lin Guo +10 more
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Soft Controllable Carbon Fibre-based Piezoresistive Self-Sensing Actuators
, 2020 Soft robots and devices exploit deformable materials that are capable of changes in shape to allow conformable physical contact for controlled manipulation. While the use of embedded sensors in soft actuation systems is gaining increasing interest, there
Jun Zou +6 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.A compostable PGS soft surgical robot with interchangeable modules integrates transient Mo tactile and Si thermal sensors for dual feedback. The device preserves its function after clinical‐grade sterilization, demonstrates stable actuation and cardiac tissue grasping with real‐time in vivo pulsatile monitoring, and biodegrades post‐use with soil‐safe,
Minseong Chae +27 more
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Stiffness-tunable and shape-locking soft actuators based on 3D-printed hybrid multi-materials
, 2022 Soft actuators have been receiving tremendous attention as a result of their excellent adaptability to the environment. However, due to their inherently low stiffness, soft actuators are difficult to adapt to high-load tasks.
Jiao, Jian +6 more
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, 2020 During the last years, great progress was made in material science in terms of concept, design and fabrication of new composite materials with conferred properties and desired functionalities.
Jean-Marie Raquez +13 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.A swelling‐programmed micropatterned hydrogel guides adherent cells through a controlled transition from cell–matrix anchoring to cadherin‐mediated cell–cell compaction, enabling rapid assembly of high‐viability spheroids with defined size and morphology.
Han Gyeol Nam +8 more
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IEEE AccessIn recent years, a proliferation of soft actuators tailored for hand rehabilitation has been observed. In particular, modular soft actuators have garnered particular interest due to their capacity for individual customization and joint-specific support ...
Shota Kokubu +2 more
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