Soft pneumatic actuators: A review of design, fabrication, modeling, sensing, control and applications

MS Xavier, CD Tawk, A Zolfagharian, J Pinskier… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soft robotics is a rapidly evolving field where robots are fabricated using highly deformable
materials and usually follow a bioinspired design. Their high dexterity and safety make them …

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 printed microfluidics: advances in strategies, integration, and applications

R Su, F Wang, MC McAlpine - Lab on a Chip, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The ability to construct multiplexed micro-systems for fluid regulation could substantially
impact multiple fields, including chemistry, biology, biomedicine, tissue engineering, and soft …

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 recent manufacturing technologies for sustainable soft actuators

M Lalegani Dezaki, M Bodaghi - International Journal of Precision …, 2023 - Springer
Soft actuators have brought significant advancements to robotics, allowing robots to perform
a diverse range of tasks across various domains. However, the increased use of soft …

Recent advances in multi‐photon 3D laser printing: active materials and applications

P Mainik, CA Spiegel, E Blasco - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Since the pioneering work of Kawata and colleagues in 1997, multi‐photon 3D laser
printing, also known as direct laser writing, has made significant advancements in a wide …

3D‐Printed Microinjection Needle Arrays via a Hybrid DLP‐Direct Laser Writing Strategy

S Sarker, A Colton, Z Wen, X Xu, M Erdi… - Advanced materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Microinjection protocols are ubiquitous throughout biomedical fields, with hollow
microneedle arrays (MNAs) offering distinctive benefits in both research and clinical settings …

Micro-/nanoscale robotics for chemical and biological sensing

L Zheng, N Hart, Y Zeng - Lab on a Chip, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The field of micro-/nanorobotics has attracted extensive interest from a variety of research
communities and witnessed enormous progress in a broad array of applications ranging …

Advanced medical micro-robotics for early diagnosis and therapeutic interventions

D Zhang, TE Gorochowski, L Marucci… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Recent technological advances in micro-robotics have demonstrated their immense
potential for biomedical applications. Emerging micro-robots have versatile sensing …

Hydraulic–electric analogy for design and operation of microfluidic systems

Z Li, C Liu, J Sun - Lab on a Chip, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Microfluidic systems have been investigated as practical tools in the fields of biomedical
engineering, analytical chemistry, materials science, and biological research. Yet the …