Soft actuators for real-world applications

M Li, A Pal, A Aghakhani, A Pena-Francesch… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Inspired by physically adaptive, agile, reconfigurable and multifunctional soft-bodied
animals and human muscles, soft actuators have been developed for a variety of …

Soft pneumatic actuators: A review of design, fabrication, modeling, sensing, control and applications

MS Xavier, CD Tawk, A Zolfagharian, J Pinskier… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soft robotics is a rapidly evolving field where robots are fabricated using highly deformable
materials and usually follow a bioinspired design. Their high dexterity and safety make them …

3D printing of highly stretchable hydrogel with diverse UV curable polymers

Q Ge, Z Chen, J Cheng, B Zhang, YF Zhang, H Li… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Hydrogel-polymer hybrids have been widely used for various applications such as
biomedical devices and flexible electronics. However, the current technologies constrain the …

[HTML][HTML] 3D printing of polymer composites to fabricate wearable sensors: A comprehensive review

A Osman, J Lu - Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
The application of wearable sensors in domains related to healthcare systems, human
motion detection, robotics, and human–machine interactions has attracted significant …

Recent progress in artificial muscles for interactive soft robotics

J Wang, D Gao, PS Lee - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Artificial muscles are the core components of the smart and interactive soft robotic systems,
providing the capabilities in shape morphing, manipulation, and mobility. Intense research …

Functional conductive hydrogels for bioelectronics

F Fu, J Wang, H Zeng, J Yu - ACS Materials Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conductive hydrogels are widely used in various applications, such as artificial skin, flexible
and implantable bioelectronics, and tissue engineering. However, it is still a challenge to …

High‐resolution 3D printing for electronics

YG Park, I Yun, WG Chung, W Park, DH Lee… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The ability to form arbitrary 3D structures provides the next level of complexity and a greater
degree of freedom in the design of electronic devices. Since recent progress in electronics …

Projection micro stereolithography based 3D printing and its applications

Q Ge, Z Li, Z Wang, K Kowsari, W Zhang… - … Journal of Extreme …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Projection micro stereolithography (PμSL) is a high-resolution (up to 0.6 μm) 3D printing
technology based on area projection triggered photopolymerization, and capable of …

Fully 3D-printed soft robots with integrated fluidic circuitry

JD Hubbard, R Acevedo, KM Edwards… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The emergence of soft robots has presented new challenges associated with controlling the
underlying fluidics of such systems. Here, we introduce a strategy for additively …

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 …