Design and build of small-scale magnetic soft-bodied robots with multimodal locomotion

Z Ren, M Sitti - Nature protocols, 2024 - nature.com
Small-scale magnetic soft-bodied robots can be designed to operate based on different
locomotion modes to navigate and function inside unstructured, confined and varying …

Liquid metal actuators: a comparative analysis of surface tension controlled actuation

J Liao, C Majidi, M Sitti - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid metals, with their unique combination of electrical and mechanical properties, offer
great opportunities for actuation based on surface tension modulation. Thanks to the scaling …

Coaxially printed magnetic mechanical electrical hybrid structures with actuation and sensing functionalities

Y Zhang, C Pan, P Liu, L Peng, Z Liu, Y Li… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Soft electromagnetic devices have great potential in soft robotics and biomedical
applications. However, existing soft-magneto-electrical devices would have limited hybrid …

Pangolin-inspired untethered magnetic robot for on-demand biomedical heating applications

RH Soon, Z Yin, MA Dogan, NO Dogan… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Untethered magnetic miniature soft robots capable of accessing hard-to-reach regions can
enable safe, disruptive, and minimally invasive medical procedures. However, the soft body …

Microelectronic Morphogenesis: Smart Materials with Electronics Assembling into Artificial Organisms

JS McCaskill, D Karnaushenko, M Zhu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Microelectronic morphogenesis is the creation and maintenance of complex functional
structures by microelectronic information within shape‐changing materials. Only recently …

Magnetically driven capsules with multimodal response and multifunctionality for biomedical applications

Y Sun, W Zhang, J Gu, L Xia, Y Cao, X Zhu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Untethered capsules hold clinical potential for the diagnosis and treatment of
gastrointestinal diseases. Although considerable progress has been achieved recently in …

Developments and challenges of miniature piezoelectric robots: A review

J Li, J Deng, S Zhang, W Chen, J Zhao… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Miniature robots have been widely studied and applied in the fields of search and rescue,
reconnaissance, micromanipulation, and even the interior of the human body benefiting from …

Functional heterophasic liquid metals

Y Peng, Y Xin, J Zhang, MD Dickey… - Responsive Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid metals (LMs) have compelling applications in stretchable electronics, wearable
devices, and soft robotics ascribing to the unique combination of room temperature fluidity …

Room‐Temperature Liquid Metals for Flexible Electronic Devices

G Lu, E Ni, Y Jiang, W Wu, H Li - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Room‐temperature gallium‐based liquid metals (RT‐GaLMs) have garnered significant
interest recently owing to their extraordinary combination of fluidity, conductivity …

Bio‐mimic, fast‐moving, and flippable soft piezoelectric robots

E Chen, Y Yang, M Li, B Li, G Liu, W Mu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cheetahs achieve high‐speed movement and unique athletic gaits through the contraction
and expansion of their limbs during the gallop. However, few soft robots can mimic their …