Bistable and multistable actuators for soft robots: Structures, materials, and functionalities
Snap‐through bistability is often observed in nature (eg, fast snapping to closure of Venus
flytrap) and the life (eg, bottle caps and hair clippers). Recently, harnessing bistability and …
flytrap) and the life (eg, bottle caps and hair clippers). Recently, harnessing bistability and …
Towards enduring autonomous robots via embodied energy
Autonomous robots comprise actuation, energy, sensory and control systems built from
materials and structures that are not necessarily designed and integrated for …
materials and structures that are not necessarily designed and integrated for …
Soft robotic grippers
Advances in soft robotics, materials science, and stretchable electronics have enabled rapid
progress in soft grippers. Here, a critical overview of soft robotic grippers is presented …
progress in soft grippers. Here, a critical overview of soft robotic grippers is presented …
3D printing of soft robotic systems
Soft robots are capable of mimicking the complex motion of animals. Soft robotic systems are
defined by their compliance, which allows for continuous and often responsive localized …
defined by their compliance, which allows for continuous and often responsive localized …
Mechanical metamaterials associated with stiffness, rigidity and compressibility: A brief review
Mechanical metamaterials are man-made structures with counterintuitive mechanical
properties that originate in the geometry of their unit cell instead of the properties of each …
properties that originate in the geometry of their unit cell instead of the properties of each …
Hydraulically amplified self-healing electrostatic actuators with muscle-like performance
E Acome, SK Mitchell, TG Morrissey, MB Emmett… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Existing soft actuators have persistent challenges that restrain the potential of soft robotics,
highlighting a need for soft transducers that are powerful, high-speed, efficient, and robust …
highlighting a need for soft transducers that are powerful, high-speed, efficient, and robust …
Soft actuators for small‐scale robotics
This review comprises a detailed survey of ongoing methodologies for soft actuators,
highlighting approaches suitable for nanometer‐to centimeter‐scale robotic applications …
highlighting approaches suitable for nanometer‐to centimeter‐scale robotic applications …
A highly stretchable autonomous self-healing elastomer
It is a challenge to synthesize materials that possess the properties of biological muscles—
strong, elastic and capable of self-healing. Herein we report a network of poly …
strong, elastic and capable of self-healing. Herein we report a network of poly …
A soft, bistable valve for autonomous control of soft actuators
Almost all pneumatic and hydraulic actuators useful for mesoscale functions rely on hard
valves for control. This article describes a soft, elastomeric valve that contains a bistable …
valves for control. This article describes a soft, elastomeric valve that contains a bistable …
Four-dimensional printing of liquid crystal elastomers
CP Ambulo, JJ Burroughs, JM Boothby… - … applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Three-dimensional structures capable of reversible changes in shape, ie, four-dimensional-
printed structures, may enable new generations of soft robotics, implantable medical …
printed structures, may enable new generations of soft robotics, implantable medical …