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Modeling Tools for Soft Robotics

, 2013
"Muscle is the natural contractile system that artificial systems attempt to emulate.” [1]. This presentation is based on a paradigm: "living matter realizes motions at almost no stress".
TERESI, Luciano, Lucantonio A, Pezzulla M, Pugliese V, Nardinocchi P   +4 more
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Soft Robot Proprioception Using Unified Soft Body Encoding and Recurrent Neural Network

, 2023
Compared with rigid robots, soft robots are inherently compliant and have advantages in the tasks requiring flexibility and safety. But sensing the high dimensional body deformation of soft robots is a challenge.
Zheng Wang, Wang, Z, James Lam, Xiaojiao Chen, Su, Y, Yinyin Su, Li, J, Lam, J, Zhang, R, Chen, X, Jing Li, Wang, L, Liangliang Wang, Runzhi Zhang   +13 more
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Multiplex Modular Nanorobotic Systems with Catalytic Activity under Magnetic Navigation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
We present modular nanorobots composed of a magnetic propulsion module and different extension modules carrying functional activities, assembled via DNA base pairing. The system integrates propulsion, optical tracking, enzymatic catalysis, and cell docking in a programmable manner.
Voichita Mihali, Xinan Huang, Lucie Motyckova, Nicolas Moreno Gomez, Michal Skowicki, Cora‐Ann Schoenenberger, Peer Fischer, Cornelia G. Palivan   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mechanochromic Suction Cups for Local Stress Detection in Soft Robotics

Advanced Intelligent Systems
Advancements in smart soft materials are enhancing the capabilities of robotic manipulators in object interactions and complex tasks. Mechanochromic materials, acting as lightweight sensors, offer easily interpretable visual feedback for localized stress
Goffredo Giordano, Rob Bernardus Nicolaas Scharff, Marco Carlotti, Mariacristina Gagliardi, Carlo Filippeschi, Alessio Mondini, Antonio Papangelo, Barbara Mazzolai   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Design Strategies and Emerging Applications of High‐Performance Flexible Piezoresistive Pressure Sensors

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Flexible piezoresistive pressure sensors underpin wearable and soft electronics. This review links sensing physics, including contact resistance modulation, quantum tunneling and percolation, to unified materials/structure design. We highlight composite and graded architectures, interfacial/porous engineering, and microstructured 3D conductive networks
Feng Luo, Artur Ciesielski, Paolo Samorì   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multimodal Limbless Crawling Soft Robot with a Kirigami Skin

Cyborg and Bionic Systems
Limbless creatures can crawl on flat surfaces by deforming their bodies and interacting with asperities on the ground, offering a biological blueprint for designing efficient limbless robots.
Jonathan Tirado, Aida Parvaresh, Burcu Seyidoğlu, Darryl A. Bedford, Jonas Jørgensen, Ahmad Rafsanjani   +5 more
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Design, Control, and Applications of Granular Jamming Grippers in Soft Robotics

Granular jamming grippers have emerged as a versatile solution in soft robotics due to their ability to manipulate objects of various shapes and sizes, earning them the label of “universal grippers”.
C. Miranda, J. Cortes
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Electroactive Polymer-Based Soft Actuator with Integrated Functions of Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Motion and Perception

, 2022
Soft actuators have received extensive attention in the fields of soft robotics, biomedicine, and intelligence systems owing to their advantages of pliancy, silence, and essential safety.
Zhang C(张闯), Yang J(杨佳), Wang RQ(王瑞乾), Liu LQ(刘连庆), Tan WJ(谭文君), Lin DJ(林道京)   +5 more
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Cyclic Olefin Copolymers as Versatile Materials for Advanced Engineering Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Cyclic olefin copolymers (COCs) are presented as highly versatile materials combining tunable synthesis, excellent optical properties, and mechanical robustness. Their potential spans microfluidics, bioengineering, and advanced electronics, while emerging self‐healing and sustainable solutions highlight future opportunities.
Giulia Fredi, Norma Mallegni, Andrea Dorigato, Mario Milazzo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of a SMA-Fishing-Line-McKibben Bending Actuator

IEEE Access, 2018
High power-to-weight ratio soft artificial muscles are of overarching importance to enable inherently safer solutions to human-robot interaction. Traditional air-driven soft McKibben artificial muscles are linear actuators, and it is impossible for them ...
Chaoqun Xiang, Jianglong Guo, Yang Chen, Lina Hao, Steve Davis   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source