A shift from efficiency to adaptability: recent progress in biomimetic interactive soft robotics in wet environments

J Fang, Y Zhuang, K Liu, Z Chen, Z Liu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Research field of soft robotics develops exponentially since it opens up many imaginations,
such as human‐interactive robot, wearable robots, and transformable robots in …

Underwater communication and optical camouflage ionogels

Z Yu, P Wu - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Marine animals, such as leptocephalus and jellyfish, can sense external stimuli and achieve
optical camouflage in the aquatic environment. Fabricating an intelligent soft sensor that can …

A versatile jellyfish-like robotic platform for effective underwater propulsion and manipulation

T Wang, HJ Joo, S Song, W Hu, C Keplinger… - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
Underwater devices are critical for environmental applications. However, existing prototypes
typically use bulky, noisy actuators and limited configurations. Consequently, they struggle …

Bioinspired light-fueled water-walking soft robots based on liquid crystal network actuators with polymerizable miniaturized gold nanorods

X Yang, Y Chen, X Zhang, P Xue, P Lv, Y Yang… - Nano Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Walking on water is a unique locomotion mode found in aquatic living creatures. However, it
remains challenging to create light-driven aquatic soft robots that can walk freely on water …

Physical models and vortex dynamics of swimming and flying: a review

D Zhang, JD Zhang, WX Huang - Acta Mechanica, 2022 - Springer
The swimming of aquatic animals and flying of insects and birds have fascinated physicists
and biologists for more than a century. In this regard, great efforts have been made to …

Near-infrared light-driven shape-programmable hydrogel actuators loaded with metal–organic frameworks

X Zhang, P Xue, X Yang, C Valenzuela… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Shape-programmable hydrogel-based soft actuators that can adaptively respond to external
stimuli are of paramount significance for the development of bioinspired aquatic smart soft …

[HTML][HTML] A genetically tractable jellyfish model for systems and evolutionary neuroscience

B Weissbourd, T Momose, A Nair, A Kennedy, B Hunt… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Jellyfish are radially symmetric organisms without a brain that arose more than 500 million
years ago. They achieve organismal behaviors through coordinated interactions between …

SoJel–A 3D printed jellyfish-like robot using soft materials for underwater applications

PS Matharu, Z Wang, JH Costello, SP Colin… - Ocean …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mass manufactured, biologically inspired soft robots are needed for safe robot-animal
interactions. The key challenges are the design and manufacture of high-performance …

Jelly-Z: swimming performance and analysis of twisted and coiled polymer (TCP) actuated jellyfish soft robot

PS Matharu, P Gong, KPR Guntaka, Y Almubarak… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Monitoring, sensing, and exploration of over 70% of the Earth's surface that is covered with
water is permitted through the deployment of underwater bioinspired robots without affecting …

4D Printed Non‐Euclidean‐Plate Jellyfish Inspired Soft Robot in Diverse Organic Solvents

Y Wang, H Xuan, L Zhang, H Huang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Soft robots have the potential to assist and complement human exploration of extreme and
harsh environments (ie, organic solvents). However, soft robots with stable performance in …