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Biodegradable and Biocompatible Functional Polymers for Biomedical Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Biodegradable and biocompatible functional polymers integrate electrical, mechanical, and stimuli‐responsive functionalities while enabling programmed degradation under physiological conditions. This review introduces recent advances in conductive, shape‐memory, self‐healing, photocurable, and adhesive polymer systems, emphasizing material design ...
Won Bae Han, Shuvra Mondal, Sungkeun Han, Chan‐Hwi Eom, Venkata Ramesh Naganaboina, Suk‐Won Hwang   +5 more
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Piecewise Affine Curvature model: a reduced-order model for soft robot-environment interaction beyond PCC [PDF]

Soft robot are celebrated for their propensity to enable compliant and complex robot-environment interactions. Soft robotic manipulators, or slender continuum structure robots have the potential to exploit these interactions to enable new exploration and
Stella, Francesco, Della Santina, Cosimo, Hughes, Josie, Leng, Jinsong, Guan, Qinghua   +4 more
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An Edible Chitosan‐Based Acoustic Sensor for Sound‐Responsive Actuation in Edible Robots

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study introduces an edible acoustic sensor for robotic food and edible robotics. Built from a chitosan piezoelectric film between gold electrodes, the sensor enables acoustic communication through ON/OFF keying. Integrated into an edible robot with pneumatically actuated arms and neck, it responds to high‐frequency tones.
Valerio Francesco Annese, Bokeon Kwak, Gaia de Marzo, Giulia Coco, Valentina Antonaci, Leonardo Lamanna, Massimo De Vittorio, Dario Floreano, Mario Caironi   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Review of Soft Robots

CoRR, 2019
Traditional robots have rigid links and structures that limit their ability to interact with the dynamics of their immediate environment. For example, conventional robot manipulators with rigid links can only manipulate objects using specific end effectors.
openaire   +2 more sources

Research and Implementation of Pneumatic Amphibious Soft Bionic Robot

Machines
To meet the requirements of amphibious exploration, ocean exploration, and military reconnaissance tasks, a pneumatic amphibious soft bionic robot was developed by taking advantage of the structural characteristics, motion forms, and propulsion ...
Wenchuan Zhao, Yu Zhang, Lijian Yang, Ning Wang, Linghui Peng   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dynamically Actuated Reconfigurable Topographical Surface Enables Active Control of Implant‐Associated Infections

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A dynamically actuated reconfigurable topographical surface (DARTS) integrates contact‐mediated bactericidal nanotopography with programmable mechanical actuation to actively disrupt bacterial biofilms. Dynamic surface reconfiguration enhances bacterial killing and suppresses implant‐associated infections in vivo, providing a new strategy for active ...
Mohammad Asadi Tokmedash, Jihun Lee, J. Scott VanEpps, Sungmin Nam, Jouha Min   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gradient‐Conductivity Architecture Enables Synchronous Enhancement of Sensitivity and Detection Range in Multifunctional All‐Paper Sensors

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A gradient‐engineered all‐paper sensor is fabricated by integrating MXene and in situ grown AgNPs within hierarchical cellulose networks. The device breaks the sensitivity–detection range trade‐off through cascaded conductive pathways, enabling ultrahigh pressure sensitivity, humidity–pressure decoupled dual‐mode sensing, and outstanding EMI shielding,
Ao Li, Jun Xu, Dezhong Xu, Zhaohui Zhang, Jiyi Li, Daxian Cao, Kefu Chen, Mizi Fan   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fabrication of biomimetic swimming soft-robot

, 2021
There have been few studies on the use of soft-bodied small-scale robots as there are many limitations in the locomotion of the devices. Due to the difficulty of locomotion at such a small scale, these robots are manufactured with magnetic particles and ...
Pantoja-Villagomez, Bryan
core   +2 more sources

A soft quadruped robot enabled by continuum actuators

, 2021
Soft robots are a group of robots made from highly compliant materials. Compared to their rigid counterparts, soft robots show better mobility and stronger adaptability to the environment. Specifically, soft quadruped robots, using four soft actuators as
Thorapalli Muralidharan, Seshagopalan,, Wang, Xi Vincent,, Ruihao Zhu, Zhu, Ruihao,, Ji, Qinglei,, Wang, Lihui,, Lei Feng, Xi Vincent Wang, Qinglei Ji, Feng, Lei,, Seshagopalan Thorapalli Muralidharan, Lihui Wang   +11 more
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Emerging Post‐CMOS Hardware Neurons for Brain‐Inspired Computing: Devices, Circuits, and System Integration

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The physical realization of artificial neurons is a critical challenge for energy‐efficient neuromorphic computing. This review presents a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of artificial neuron implementations from conventional CMOS to emerging post‐CMOS technologies.
Kannan Udaya Mohanan, Hocheon Yoo, Benoît H. Lessard, Ioannis Kymissis, Chang‐Hyun Kim   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source