Autonomous robots comprise actuation, energy, sensory and control systems built from
materials and structures that are not necessarily designed and integrated for …

The growing need for automation in industries has foreseen drastic advancements in the
development of soft robotics in the areas of navigation systems, textiles, healthcare, and …

A transparent and electroactive plasticized polyvinyl chloride (PVC) gel was investigated to
use as a soft actuator for artificial muscle applications. PVC gels were prepared with varying …

Actuators at the tip of a submillimetric catheter could facilitate in vivo interventional
procedures at cellular scales by enabling tissue biopsy and manipulation or supporting …

A simple and cost-effective method for the patterning and fabrication of soft polymer
microactuators integrated with morphological computation is presented. The microactuators …

Microhydraulic actuators offer a new way to convert electrical power to mechanical power on
a microscale with an unmatched combination of power density and efficiency. Actuators …

Electrostatic motors have traditionally required high voltage and provided low torque,
leaving them with a vanishingly small portion of the motor application space. The lack of …

Ornithopters are bird‐like flapping‐wing robots. Only small ornithopters can hover, with long
endurance at hummingbird size. Could larger ornithopters be improved further to hover …

Globally, there have been rapid developments in the prevention, diagnosis, and
comprehensive management of various spinal ailments. 1 This assumes importance since …

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) gels are an electroactive polymer smart material which has been
considered in a variety of actuator applications. Their large deformation, fast response rates …