Magnetically driven micro and nanorobots

H Zhou, CC Mayorga-Martinez, S Pané… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Manipulation and navigation of micro and nanoswimmers in different fluid environments can
be achieved by chemicals, external fields, or even motile cells. Many researchers have …

Control strategies for soft robot systems

J Wang, A Chortos - Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Soft robots have recently attracted increased attention because their characteristics of low‐
cost fabrication, durability, and deformability make them uniquely suited for applications in …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in hard-magnetic soft composites: Synthesis, characterisation, computational modelling, and applications

S Lucarini, M Hossain, D Garcia-Gonzalez - Composite Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Hard-magnetic soft composites consist of magneto-active polymers (MAPs) where the fillers
are composed of hard-magnetic (magnetically polarised) particles. These novel …

Soft robotic grippers

J Shintake, V Cacucciolo, D Floreano… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Magnetic actuation methods in bio/soft robotics

N Ebrahimi, C Bi, DJ Cappelleri, G Ciuti… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, magnetism has gained an enormous amount of interest among researchers
for actuating different sizes and types of bio/soft robots, which can be via an electromagnetic …

Millimeter-scale flexible robots with programmable three-dimensional magnetization and motions

T Xu, J Zhang, M Salehizadeh, O Onaizah, E Diller - Science Robotics, 2019 - science.org
Flexible magnetic small-scale robots use patterned magnetization to achieve fast
transformation into complex three-dimensional (3D) shapes and thereby achieve locomotion …

Reconfigurable multifunctional ferrofluid droplet robots

X Fan, X Dong, AC Karacakol… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Magnetically actuated miniature soft robots are capable of programmable deformations for
multimodal locomotion and manipulation functions, potentially enabling direct access to …

Liquid crystal elastomer‐based magnetic composite films for reconfigurable shape‐morphing soft miniature machines

J Zhang, Y Guo, W Hu, RH Soon… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Stimuli‐responsive and active materials promise radical advances for many applications. In
particular, soft magnetic materials offer precise, fast, and wireless actuation together with …

Reconfigurable magnetic soft robots with multimodal locomotion

Y Ju, R Hu, Y Xie, J Yao, X Li, Y Lv, X Han, Q Cao, L Li - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Magnetic soft robots have recently attracted increasing attention owing to their remarkable
advantages and potential applications, but the reconfigurable magnetization inside soft …

Magnetically controlled soft robotics utilizing elastomers and gels in actuation: A review

HJ Chung, AM Parsons, L Zheng - Advanced Intelligent …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A magnetic field has unique advantages in controlling soft robotics inside of an enclosed
space, such as surgical catheters or untethered drug‐delivering robots operating in the …