Materials for smart soft actuator systems

I Apsite, S Salehi, L Ionov - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
In contrast to conventional hard actuators, soft actuators offer many vivid advantages, such
as improved flexibility, adaptability, and reconfigurability, which are intrinsic to living …

A review of recent manufacturing technologies for sustainable soft actuators

M Lalegani Dezaki, M Bodaghi - International Journal of Precision …, 2023 - Springer
Soft actuators have brought significant advancements to robotics, allowing robots to perform
a diverse range of tasks across various domains. However, the increased use of soft …

[HTML][HTML] Kerf characteristics during CO2 laser cutting of polymeric materials: experimental investigation and machine learning-based prediction

AM Alhawsawi, EB Moustafa, M Fujii… - … Science and Technology …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study uses advanced machine learning approaches to predict the kerf open deviation
(KOD) when a CO 2 laser is used to cut polymeric materials. Four polymeric materials …

Prediction of laser cutting parameters for polymethylmethacrylate sheets using random vector functional link network integrated with equilibrium optimizer

AH Elsheikh, TA Shehabeldeen, J Zhou… - Journal of Intelligent …, 2021 - Springer
In this paper, an enhanced random vector functional link network (RVFL) algorithm was
employed to predict kerf quality indices during CO 2 laser cutting of polymethylmethacrylate …

Polymeric materials selection for flexible pulsating heat pipe manufacturing using a comparative hybrid MCDM approach

M Ordu, O Der - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
The right choice of polymeric materials plays a vital role in the successful design and
manufacture of flexible fluidic systems, as well as heat transfer devices such as pulsating …

Multifunctional PLA/CNTs nanocomposites hybrid 3D printing integrating material extrusion and CO2 laser cutting

M Petousis, K Ninikas, N Vidakis, N Mountakis… - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2023 - Elsevier
Material extrusion (MEX) 3D printing fabricates cost-effective functional polymeric parts,
while a new class of materials, such as polylactic acid/carbon nanotubes (PLA/CNTs) …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental investigation on laser cutting of PMMA sheets: Effects of process factors on kerf characteristics

AB Khoshaim, AH Elsheikh, EB Moustafa… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper reports an experimental investigation on continuous CO 2 laser cutting of
polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) sheet. The influence of four process factors (laser power …

[HTML][HTML] Improving laser cutting quality of polymethylmethacrylate sheet: experimental investigation and optimization

AH Elsheikh, W Deng, EA Showaib - Journal of Materials Research and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Motivated by the need to enhance the kerf quality during cutting of Poly (methyl
methacrylate)(PMMA) sheets using pulsed CO 2 laser beam, this study presents an …

Fabrication of microchannels: a review

S Prakash, S Kumar - Proceedings of the Institution of …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Microchannels are primarily used in biomedical devices and microfluidic applications.
Fabrication of microchannels has always been a tough task using conventional …

Hybrid 3D printing of multifunctional polylactic acid/carbon black nanocomposites made with material extrusion and post-processed with CO2 laser cutting

JD Kechagias, N Vidakis, K Ninikas, M Petousis… - … International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Material extrusion (MEX), frequently known as fused filament fabrication (FFF), is a material
extrusion 3D printing process for fabricating cost-effectively functional polymeric parts. Even …