Soft actuators for soft robotic applications: A review

N El-Atab, RB Mishra, F Al-Modaf… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Soft robotics technologies are paving the way toward robotic abilities which are vital for a
wide range of applications, including manufacturing, manipulation, gripping, human …

Engineering origami: A comprehensive review of recent applications, design methods, and tools

M Meloni, J Cai, Q Zhang, D Sang‐Hoon Lee… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Origami‐based designs refer to the application of the ancient art of origami to solve
engineering problems of different nature. Despite being implemented at dimensions that …

Printing soft matter in three dimensions

RL Truby, JA Lewis - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Light-and ink-based three-dimensional (3D) printing methods allow the rapid design and
fabrication of materials without the need for expensive tooling, dies or lithographic masks …

Biomimetic 4D printing

A Sydney Gladman, EA Matsumoto, RG Nuzzo… - Nature materials, 2016 - nature.com
Shape-morphing systems can be found in many areas, including smart textiles, autonomous
robotics, biomedical devices, drug delivery and tissue engineering. The natural analogues …

An overview of the mechanical description of origami-inspired systems and structures

LM Fonseca, GV Rodrigues, MA Savi - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Origami is inspiring several fields of knowledge such as engineering, aerospace systems,
medicine, and biomechanics, motivating the creation of novel adaptive and morphing …

Architected origami materials: how folding creates sophisticated mechanical properties

S Li, H Fang, S Sadeghi, P Bhovad… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Origami, the ancient Japanese art of paper folding, is not only an inspiring technique to
create sophisticated shapes, but also a surprisingly powerful method to induce nonlinear …

[HTML][HTML] From flat sheets to curved geometries: Origami and kirigami approaches

SJP Callens, AA Zadpoor - Materials Today, 2018 - Elsevier
Transforming flat sheets into three-dimensional structures has emerged as an exciting
manufacturing paradigm on a broad range of length scales. Among other advantages, this …

Morphable 3D mesostructures and microelectronic devices by multistable buckling mechanics

H Fu, K Nan, W Bai, W Huang, K Bai, L Lu, C Zhou… - Nature materials, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) structures capable of reversible transformations in their
geometrical layouts have important applications across a broad range of areas. Most …

Shape-morphing materials from stimuli-responsive hydrogel hybrids

SJ Jeon, AW Hauser, RC Hayward - Accounts of chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The formation of well-defined and functional three-dimensional (3D) structures
by buckling of thin sheets subjected to spatially nonuniform stresses is common in biological …

Shape memory polymers and their composites in biomedical applications

W Zhao, L Liu, F Zhang, J Leng, Y Liu - Materials Science and Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
As a kind of intelligent material, shape memory polymer (SMP) can respond to outside
stimuli and possesses good properties including shape memory effect, deformability and …