In Situ Change in Contact Angle of a Sessile Droplet on a Magnetoactive Elastomer
Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.Contact angles of persistent μL$\mu{\rm L}$‐sized water droplets on a mechanically soft MAE surface under time varying magnetic fields differ from those of newly deposited droplets. The ability to quickly alter the material properties allows one to observe intriguing droplet‐material interactions.
Raphael Kriegl +3 more
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A Review on Biodegradable Materials of Sustainable Soft Robotics and Electronics. [PDF]
Adv Sci (Weinh)Xie Y +8 more
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Magnetically induced stiffening for soft robotics. [PDF]
Soft Matter, 2023 Gaeta LT +8 more
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Two‐Way Shape Memory Polymer Composite Gripper for Adaptive Robotic Applications
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.A two‐way shape memory polymer (SMP) composite is developed with intrinsic shape‐changing capability driven solely by temperature, eliminating external actuation loads. Embedding the SMP in a low‐stiffness elastomeric matrix enabled reversible transformations during heating and cooling cycles.
Aamna Hameed, Kamran Ahmed Khan
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Advanced Design Concepts for Shape-Memory Polymers in Biomedical Applications and Soft Robotics. [PDF]
Polymers (Basel)Fetisova AA, Surmeneva MA, Surmenev RA.
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Fabrication and Applications of Magnetic Polymer Composites for Soft Robotics. [PDF]
Micromachines (Basel), 2023 Ganguly S, Margel S.
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Micropillar‐Engineered Hybrid Adhesive Patch for Surface‐Conformable and Directional Adhesion
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.This work presents a surface‐conformable hybrid adhesive integrating height‐optimized hexagonal micropillars with open‐rectangular cuts. The micropillars enhance rough‐surface contact and microscale crack arrest, while the cuts guide and reverse interfacial cracks for strong and directional adhesion. The multiscale architecture achieves robust pull‐off
Seongjin Park +4 more
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Bio-Inspired Soft Robotics: Design, Fabrication and Applications. [PDF]
Biomimetics (Basel)Zhong Y, Jiang P, Sun Y.
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Soft robotics informs how an early echinoderm moved. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2023 Desatnik R +5 more
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Recent Advances of Slip Sensors for Smart Robotics
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.This review summarizes recent progress in robotic slip sensors across mechanical, electrical, thermal, optical, magnetic, and acoustic mechanisms, offering a comprehensive reference for the selection of slip sensors in robotic applications. In addition, current challenges and emerging trends are identified to advance the development of robust, adaptive,
Xingyu Zhang +8 more
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