Recent advances in triboelectric nanogenerators: from technological progress to commercial applications

D Choi, Y Lee, ZH Lin, S Cho, M Kim, CK Ao, S Soh… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Serious climate changes and energy-related environmental problems are currently critical
issues in the world. In order to reduce carbon emissions and save our environment …

A review on high‐frequency dielectric elastomer actuators: materials, dynamics, and applications

C Tang, B Du, S Jiang, Z Wang, XJ Liu… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) as a typical class of electroactive polymers have been
developed rapidly in the last two decades due to their advantages such as large strain, high …

A high‐lift micro‐aerial‐robot powered by low‐voltage and long‐endurance dielectric elastomer actuators

Z Ren, S Kim, X Ji, W Zhu, F Niroui, J Kong… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are a special class of artificial muscles that have been
used to construct animal‐like soft robotic systems. However, compared with state‐of‐the‐art …

Development of a miniature quadrupedal piezoelectric robot combining fast speed and nano-resolution

J Li, J Deng, S Zhang, Y Liu - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Miniature piezoelectric robots exhibit superior performances and have been favored by
many researchers, however, there is an intractable contradiction between nano-resolution …

Step displacement improving method of inertial actuated piezoelectric robot based on diagonal deformation trajectory

J Li, J Deng, S Zhang, F Che… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For the miniature piezoelectric robots operated by inertial driving method, the step
displacements were limited by the deformations of the inertial units. Thus, a diagonal inertial …

Laser-assisted failure recovery for dielectric elastomer actuators in aerial robots

S Kim, YH Hsiao, Y Lee, W Zhu, Z Ren, F Niroui… - Science robotics, 2023 - science.org
Insects maintain remarkable agility after incurring severe injuries or wounds. Although
robots driven by rigid actuators have demonstrated agile locomotion and manipulation, most …

[HTML][HTML] Dielectric elastomer actuators for artificial muscles: A comprehensive review of soft robot explorations

Y Wang, X Ma, Y Jiang, W Zang, P Cao, M Tian… - … Chemicals and Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) artificial muscle is a typical interdisciplinary research
category, which has developed by leaps and bounds in the past 20 years, showing great …

A gyroscope-free visual-inertial flight control and wind sensing system for 10-mg robots

S Fuller, Z Yu, YP Talwekar - Science Robotics, 2022 - science.org
Tiny “gnat robots,” weighing just a few milligrams, were first conjectured in the 1980s. How to
stabilize one if it were to hover like a small insect has not been answered. Challenges …

Exploiting bistability for high-performance dielectric elastomer resonators

C Cao, L Chen, TL Hill, L Wang… - IEEE/ASME Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soft actuators with muscle-like motions have drawn increasing interests in areas such as
bioinspired robotics and human–robot communications. Dielectric elastomers resonators …

Batch‐sprayed and stamp‐transferred electrodes: a new paradigm for scalable fabrication of multilayer dielectric elastomer actuators

AJ Cohen, M Kollosche, MC Yuen… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Multilayer dielectric elastomer actuators have a wide range of potential applications, but
their development and commercial implementation have been hindered by existing …