Innovations in Tactile Sensing: Microstructural Designs for Superior Flexible Sensor Performance

G Wu, X Li, R Bao, C Pan - Advanced Functional Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Tactile sensors have garnered considerable interest for their capacity to detect and quantify
tactile information. The incorporation of microstructural designs into flexible tactile sensors …

Recent advances in flexible/stretchable sensors using laser-induced three-dimensional porous graphene: from precursor to manufacturing

J Sun, Z Chen, L Yuan, J Xiang, W Wang - Surfaces and Interfaces, 2024 - Elsevier
Graphene is an ideal material for flexible sensors with outstanding stretchability and
extensibility, but its further development is being severely hindered by the existing multi-step …

Heterogeneous multiple soft millirobots in three-dimensional lumens

C Wang, T Wang, M Li, R Zhang, H Ugurlu, M Sitti - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
Miniature soft robots offer opportunities for safe and physically adaptive medical
interventions in hard-to-reach regions. Deploying multiple robots could further enhance the …

Flow tweezing of anisotropic magnetic microrobots in a dynamic magnetic trap for active retention and localized flow sensing

Y Liu, Q Cao, H Xu, G Lin - Lab on a Chip, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Controlled manipulation of microscale robotic devices in complex fluidic networks is critical
for various applications in biomedical endovascular sensing, lab-on-chip biochemical …

Single-step precision programming of decoupled multiresponsive soft millirobots

Z Zheng, J Han, Q Shi, SO Demir… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Stimuli-responsive soft robots offer new capabilities for the fields of medical and
rehabilitation robotics, artificial intelligence, and soft electronics. Precisely programming the …

Sensory artificial cilia for in situ monitoring of airway physiological properties

Y Wang, C Negron, A Khoshnaw, S Edwards… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Continuously monitoring human airway conditions is crucial for timely interventions,
especially when airway stents are implanted to alleviate central airway obstruction in lung …

[HTML][HTML] Computational fluid–structure interaction in biology and soft robots: A review

R Pramanik, R Verstappen, PR Onck - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The omnipresence of fluid–structure interaction (FSI) in biological systems is indisputable—
from the vibration of leaves to the locomotion of fish, to the flying of birds, and to the …

[HTML][HTML] Nature-inspired miniaturized magnetic soft robotic swimmers

R Pramanik, R Verstappen, PR Onck - Applied Physics Reviews, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
State-of-the-art biomedical applications such as targeted drug delivery and laparoscopic
surgery are extremely challenging because of the small length scales, the requirements of …

Mucosa‐Interfacing Capsule for In Situ Sensing the Elasticity of Biological Tissues

K Kim, S Edwards, K Fuxa, H Lin… - Advanced Materials …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Monitoring the elasticity of soft biological tissues in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract with minimal
invasion holds promise for early diagnosis of intestinal fibrosis, colorectal cancer, and other …

Low Magnetic Field Induced Extrinsic Strains in Multifunctional Particulate Composites: An Interrupted Mechanical Strengthening in 3D-Printed Nanocomposites

A Mucolli, A Midmer, M Manolesos, S Aldosari… - Journal of Composites …, 2024 - mdpi.com
The current paper reports on the quantification of the effect of magnetic fields on the
mechanical performance of ferromagnetic nanocomposites in situ during basic standard …