Mechanical metamaterials are a class of functional materials with designability and
extraordinary mechanical properties. Due to the manufacturing limitation of traditional …

Magnetic materials are of increasing importance for many essential applications due to their
unique magnetic properties. However, due to the limited fabrication ability, magnetic …

Multi-functional fiber reinforced composites with magnetic properties offer great potential for
enabling new applications in a diverse range of industry sectors, such as aerospace …

The authors have proposed a fabrication process of" 4D printer" for magnetic soft actuators.
In this paper, we applied this 4D printer to bio-mimic field and show some examples using a …

Biocomposite systems evolve to superior structural strategies in adapting to their living
environments, using limited materials to form functionality superior to their inherent …

Recently, many studies on bio-mimic soft robots have been reported. Among living
organisms, the locomotion of soft-bodied creatures, such as snails, worms and nematodes …

The capability of fabricating magnetically active 3D microstructures is crucial for
miniaturization of microrobots or microactuators. While additive manufacturing using …

In this paper, we developed a new 3D-printing system for magnetic elastomer, and
demonstrated to fabricate artificial cilia. Natural cilia are hair-like organ found in nature. They …

Recently, many researches on biomimetics have been reported, in which soft motions of
natural creatures have also been targeted. Among them, cilia are attracting natural soft …

Soft robotics has become an attractive research topic with the recent development of soft
actuators. Herein, we propose a deformable soft actuator with large volumetric changes. The …