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Cooperative Systems Based on Arrays of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

Actuators
This work introduces two cooperative dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) array designs, enabling comparison between a fully soft, wearable-oriented system and a rigid, high-performance platform. The soft silicone-based array achieves strokes up to 1.9 mm
Julian Neu, Sipontina Croce, Andrej Schagaew, Stefan Seelecke, Gianluca Rizzello   +4 more
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Decoupling Photochemical and Photothermal Effects Using Molecular Motors Enables Fast, Intelligent, and Life‐Like Motions in Soft Materials

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A light‐responsive liquid crystal (LC) polymer network integrating molecular rotary motors and photothermal converters enables the decoupling of photochemical and photothermal effects. Selective wavelength activation allows orthogonal control over persistent shape encoding and fast reversible motion, enabling programmable soft robots capable of complex
Guiying Long, Jinyu Sheng, Alexander Ryabchun, Ben L. Feringa   +3 more
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Can Elastomers Combine Stiffness, Toughness and Fatigue Resistance?

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review studies how the molecular and macroscopic architecture of elastomers influence their mechanical properties including: stiffness, stretchability, toughness, fatigue resistance, and damping behavior. By linking the structure to performance, it proposes design principles for advanced elastomeric systems that combine mechanical properties ...
Eva Baur, Esther Amstad
wiley   +1 more source

Customized batch fabrication of highly sensitive thin capacitive soft sensors based on high dielectric constant composite polymers

Scientific Reports
Soft capacitive sensors are essential for emerging technologies in soft robotics, wearable electronics, and human-machine interfaces. However, scalable, customizable, and cost-effective fabrication methods remain a challenge.
Ali Ghanbari, Ahmet Arif Colakoglu, Ahmad Serjouei, Samit Chakrabarty, Ronaldo M. Ichiyama, Peter R. Culmer, Ali Alazmani   +6 more
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Biointegrated Battery‐Based Electroceuticals

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Biointegrated batteries go beyond passive power to serve as active therapeutic platforms for delivering programmable electrical cues and bioactive agents. This review examines their mechanisms and applications and provides a framework to guide battery‐based therapeutic design and clinical translation.
Yan Zhou, Zhilian Yue, Zhiqi Chen, Danming Chao, Xiaoteng Jia, Gordon Wallace, Caiyun Wang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wearable visual robots

, 2016
This paper presents a wearable active visual sensor which is able to achieve a level of decoupling of camera movement from the wearer's posture and motions. This decoupling is achieved by a combination of active sensing, inertial information and visual sensor feedback.
Mayol, W, Tordoff, B, Murray, D, SOCIETY, IC, SOCIETY, IC   +4 more
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Towards Wearable Interfaces for Robotic Caregiving

CoRR
Physically assistive robots in home environments can enhance the autonomy of individuals with impairments, allowing them to regain the ability to conduct self-care and household tasks. Individuals with physical limitations may find existing interfaces challenging to use, highlighting the need for novel interfaces that can effectively support them.
Akhil Padmanabha, Carmel Majidi, Zackory Erickson   +2 more
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Intelligent upper-limb exoskeleton integrated with soft bioelectronics and deep learning for intention-driven augmentation

npj Flexible Electronics
The age and stroke-associated decline in musculoskeletal strength degrades the ability to perform daily human tasks using the upper extremities. Here, we introduce an intelligent upper-limb exoskeleton system that utilizes deep learning to predict human ...
Jinwoo Lee, Kangkyu Kwon, Ira Soltis, Jared Matthews, Yoon Jae Lee, Hojoong Kim, Lissette Romero, Nathan Zavanelli, Youngjin Kwon, Shinjae Kwon, Jimin Lee, Yewon Na, Sung Hoon Lee, Ki Jun Yu, Minoru Shinohara, Frank L. Hammond, Woon-Hong Yeo   +16 more
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Bioinspired Adaptive Surfaces for Intelligent Liquid Manipulation: Progressing From Passive and Active to Hybrid Strategies

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review examines passive, active, and hybrid liquid manipulation strategies, highlighting hybrid approaches as an emerging route to reconcile energy efficiency with adaptive control. By actively reconstructing passive surfaces to store programmable interfacial energy, hybrid systems enable flexible yet low‐power liquid transport, with perspectives ...
Jiaqi Miao, Yiyuan Zhang, Liqiu Wang, Alan C. H. Tsang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Combining soft robotics and telerehabilitation for improving motor function after stroke

Wearable Technologies
Telerehabilitation and robotics, either traditional rigid or soft, have been extensively studied and used to improve hand functionality after a stroke. However, a limited number of devices combined these two technologies to such a level of maturity that ...
Tommaso Proietti, Kristin Nuckols, Jesse Grupper, Diogo Schwerz de Lucena, Bianca Inirio, Kelley Porazinski, Diana Wagner, Tazzy Cole, Christina Glover, Sarah Mendelowitz, Maxwell Herman, Joan Breen, David Lin, Conor Walsh   +13 more
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