Recent progress in artificial muscles for interactive soft robotics

J Wang, D Gao, PS Lee - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Artificial muscles are the core components of the smart and interactive soft robotic systems,
providing the capabilities in shape morphing, manipulation, and mobility. Intense research …

Hydrogel ionotronics

C Yang, Z Suo - Nature Reviews Materials, 2018 - nature.com
An ionotronic device functions by a hybrid circuit of mobile ions and mobile electrons.
Hydrogels are stretchable, transparent, ionic conductors that can transmit electrical signals …

A biomimetic elastomeric robot skin using electrical impedance and acoustic tomography for tactile sensing

K Park, H Yuk, M Yang, J Cho, H Lee, J Kim - Science Robotics, 2022 - science.org
Human skin perceives physical stimuli applied to the body and mitigates the risk of physical
interaction through its soft and resilient mechanical properties. Social robots would benefit …

A mechanically robust and versatile liquid‐free ionic conductive elastomer

B Yiming, Y Han, Z Han, X Zhang, Y Li… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Soft ionic conductors, such as hydrogels and ionogels, have enabled stretchable and
transparent ionotronics, but they suffer from key limitations inherent to the liquid …

From glutinous‐rice‐inspired adhesive organohydrogels to flexible electronic devices toward wearable sensing, power supply, and energy storage

H Zhou, J Lai, B Zheng, X Jin, G Zhao… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Flexible electronic devices (FEDs) based on hydrogels are attracting increasing interest, but
the fabrication of hydrogels for FEDs with adhesiveness and high robustness in harsh …

Recent advances in 3D printing technologies for wearable (bio) sensors

A Kalkal, S Kumar, P Kumar, R Pradhan… - Additive …, 2021 - Elsevier
Wearable (bio) sensors driven through emerging three-dimensional (3D) printing
technologies are currently considered the next-generation tools for various healthcare …

Materials and structural designs of stretchable conductors

N Matsuhisa, X Chen, Z Bao, T Someya - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Stretchable conductors are essential building blocks for stretchable electronic devices used
in next-generation wearables and soft robotics. Over 10 years of research in stretchable …

[HTML][HTML] Skin-like hydrogel devices for wearable sensing, soft robotics and beyond

B Ying, X Liu - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
Skin-like electronics are developing rapidly to realize a variety of applications such as
wearable sensing and soft robotics. Hydrogels, as soft biomaterials, have been studied …

Rapidly photocurable solid‐state poly (ionic liquid) ionogels for thermally robust and flexible electrochromic devices

WC Poh, ALS Eh, W Wu, X Guo, PS Lee - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Formation of ionogels through in situ polymerization can effectively improve electrolyte
processability; however, the curing process has been slow and oxygen‐sensitive …

Transparent soft actuators/sensors and camouflage skins for imperceptible soft robotics

P Won, KK Kim, H Kim, JJ Park, I Ha, J Shin… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The advent of soft robotics has led to great advancements in robots, wearables, and even
manufacturing processes by employing entirely soft‐bodied systems that interact safely with …