3D-printed microrobots from design to translation

SR Dabbagh, MR Sarabi, MT Birtek, S Seyfi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Microrobots have attracted the attention of scientists owing to their unique features to
accomplish tasks in hard-to-reach sites in the human body. Microrobots can be precisely …

3D printing materials for soft robotics

E Sachyani Keneth, A Kamyshny, M Totaro… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Soft robotics is a growing field of research, focusing on constructing motor‐less robots from
highly compliant materials, some are similar to those found in living organisms. Soft robotics …

3D printing of functional microrobots

J Li, M Pumera - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
3D printing (also called “additive manufacturing” or “rapid prototyping”) is able to translate
computer-aided and designed virtual 3D models into 3D tangible constructs/objects through …

Fully 3D-printed soft robots with integrated fluidic circuitry

JD Hubbard, R Acevedo, KM Edwards… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The emergence of soft robots has presented new challenges associated with controlling the
underlying fluidics of such systems. Here, we introduce a strategy for additively …

A review of 3D printing processes and materials for soft robotics

YL Yap, SL Sing, WY Yeong - Rapid Prototyping Journal, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose Soft robotics is currently a rapidly growing new field of robotics whereby the robots
are fundamentally soft and elastically deformable. Fabrication of soft robots is currently …

A cellular platform for the development of synthetic living machines

D Blackiston, E Lederer, S Kriegman, S Garnier… - Science Robotics, 2021 - science.org
Robot swarms have, to date, been constructed from artificial materials. Motile biological
constructs have been created from muscle cells grown on precisely shaped scaffolds …

Multimaterial powder bed fusion techniques

M Mehrpouya, D Tuma, T Vaneker… - Rapid prototyping …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of the art
in powder bed fusion (PBF) techniques for additive manufacturing of multiple materials. It …

Increasingly intelligent micromachines

TY Huang, H Gu, BJ Nelson - Annual Review of Control …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Intelligent micromachines, with dimensions ranging from a few millimeters down to hundreds
of nanometers, are miniature systems capable of performing specific tasks autonomously at …

3D‐printed electrostatic microactuators for flexible microsystems

S Kim, R Kubicek, S Bergbreiter - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Developing small‐scale, lightweight, and flexible devices with integrated microactuators is
one of the critical challenges in wearable haptic devices, soft robotics, and microrobotics. In …

Spider‐Inspired, Fully 3D‐Printed Micro‐Hydraulics for Tiny, Soft Robotics

GL Smith, JB Tyler, N Lazarus, H Tsang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Many arachnids use internal hemolymph pressure to actuate extension in their leg joints.
The inherent large foot displacement‐to‐body length ratio that arachnids can achieve …