Sensing in soft robotics

C Hegde, J Su, JMR Tan, K He, X Chen, S Magdassi - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Soft robotics is an exciting field of science and technology that enables robots to manipulate
objects with human-like dexterity. Soft robots can handle delicate objects with care, access …

Bioinspired hydrogel actuator for soft robotics: Opportunity and challenges

Y Chen, Y Zhang, H Li, J Shen, F Zhang, J He, J Lin… - Nano Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Natural organisms offer abundant inspiration for designing and fabricating hydrogel robots
with autonomous and intelligent behaviors, including motion, perception, and response to …

Locally controllable magnetic soft actuators with reprogrammable contraction-derived motions

Y Wu, S Zhang, Y Yang, Z Li, Y Wei, Y Ji - Science Advances, 2022 - science.org
Reprogrammable magneto-responsive soft actuators capable of working in enclosed and
confined spaces and adapting functions under changing situations are highly demanded for …

Ultrafast small-scale soft electromagnetic robots

G Mao, D Schiller, D Danninger, B Hailegnaw… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
High-speed locomotion is an essential survival strategy for animals, allowing populating
harsh and unpredictable environments. Bio-inspired soft robots equally benefit from versatile …

Programmable aniso-electrodeposited modular hydrogel microrobots

Z Zheng, H Wang, SO Demir, Q Huang, T Fukuda… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Systems with programmable and complex shape morphing are highly desired in many fields
wherein sensing, actuation, and manipulation must be performed. Living organisms use …

Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) enabled virtual shop applications using self‐powered sensor enhanced soft robotic manipulator

Z Sun, M Zhu, Z Zhang, Z Chen, Q Shi… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid advancements of artificial intelligence of things (AIoT) technology pave the way for
developing a digital‐twin‐based remote interactive system for advanced robotic‐enabled …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in hard-magnetic soft composites: Synthesis, characterisation, computational modelling, and applications

S Lucarini, M Hossain, D Garcia-Gonzalez - Composite Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Hard-magnetic soft composites consist of magneto-active polymers (MAPs) where the fillers
are composed of hard-magnetic (magnetically polarised) particles. These novel …

[HTML][HTML] Nanomaterials and nanotechnology for biomedical soft robots

Y Yang, P Jiao - Materials Today Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Soft robots have opened an emerging research direction in robotics due to their promising
performance enabled by functional materials and fabrication technology. Recent progress of …

Autonomous 3D positional control of a magnetic microrobot using reinforcement learning

SA Abbasi, A Ahmed, S Noh, NL Gharamaleki… - Nature Machine …, 2024 - nature.com
Magnetic microrobots have shown promise in the field of biomedical engineering, facilitating
precise drug delivery, non-invasive diagnosis and cell-based therapy. Current techniques …

Micro/nanofabrication, assembly, and actuation based on microorganisms: Recent advances and perspectives

D Gong, L Sun, X Li, W Zhang, D Zhang… - Small Structures, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Microorganisms become new sources for fabricating intricate micro/nano structures via
bottom‐up approaches. Produced from nature, microorganism biotemplates exhibit unique …