Magnetic soft robots: Design, actuation, and function

H Wang, Z Zhu, H Jin, R Wei, L Bi, W Zhang - Journal of Alloys and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Driven by advances in soft material science, magnetic soft robots have recently attracted
significant attention owing to their remarkable reprogramming deformations under magnetic …

Design, manufacturing and applications of small-scale magnetic soft robots

M Eshaghi, M Ghasemi, K Khorshidi - Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2021 - Elsevier
During past few years, applications of untethered magnetically controlled soft robots in the
biomedical operations have been extensively reported, which is attributed to the efficient …

Grasping devices and methods in automated production processes

G Fantoni, M Santochi, G Dini, K Tracht… - CIRP Annals, 2014 - Elsevier
In automated production processes grasping devices and methods play a crucial role in the
handling of many parts, components and products. This keynote paper starts with a …

[HTML][HTML] Magnetically switchable soft suction grippers

A Koivikko, DM Drotlef, M Sitti, V Sariola - Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Grasping is one of the key tasks for robots. Gripping fragile and complex three-dimensional
(3D) objects without applying excessive contact forces has been a challenge for traditional …

Beyond human hand: shape-adaptive and reversible magnetorheological elastomer-based robot gripper skin

DS Choi, TH Kim, SH Lee, C Pang… - ACS Applied Materials …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Developing a simple and universal solution for gripping fragile, multiscaled, and arbitrary-
shaped objects using a robot gripper is challenging. Herein, we propose a universal, shape …

Design and performance analysis of magnetorheological grease flexible manipulator gripper

X Ye, J Dong, W Wang, J Lu, J Wang - Journal of Mechanical Science and …, 2023 - Springer
To address the issue of traditional manipulators being unable to grasp and operate objects
of varying shapes or easily damaged objects in some work scenes, a new type of flexible …

Magnetorheological seal: A review

H Zhou, W Zhao, H Zhang, Y Wang… - … Journal of Applied …, 2020 - content.iospress.com
Magnetorheological fluid (MRF) sealing technology has gained more and more attention in
civil engineering, safety engineering, manufacturing, life science, aviation and so on, owing …

Exploring the potential of magnetorheology in robotic grippers

J Cramer, M Cramer, E Demeester, K Kellens - Procedia cirp, 2018 - Elsevier
Soft robotics is an emerging domain focusing on integrating soft, flexible materials and
structures, often derived from biological organisms, in robotics. Unfortunately, soft …

The effect of microparticles/nanoparticles surface modification on the magnetorheological fluid properties: A review

Y Rabbani, N Hajinajaf… - Journal of Intelligent …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Magnetorheological fluids are considered smart materials since their properties change
significantly when exposed to a magnetic field, making them interesting for a variety of …

Systematic review on the effects, roles and methods of magnetic particle coatings in magnetorheological materials

SKM Jamari, NA Nordin, Ubaidillah, SAA Aziz, N Nazmi… - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Magnetorheological (MR) material is a type of magneto-sensitive smart materials which
consists of magnetizable particles dispersed in a carrier medium. Throughout the years …