A Fast Autonomous Healing Magnetic Elastomer for Instantly Recoverable, Modularly Programmable, and Thermorecyclable Soft Robots
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DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202101825
Abstract: Intrinsically self‐healing stretchable polymers have been intensively explored for soft robotic applications due to their mechanical compliance and damage resilience. However, their prevalent use in real‐world robotic applications is currently hindered by various limitations such… read more here.
Keywords: soft robots; autonomous healing; magnetic elastomer; self healing ... See more keywords
Rugged Soft Robots using Tough, Stretchable, and Self‐Healable Adhesive Elastomers
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DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202103097
Abstract: Soft robots are susceptible to premature failure from physical damages incurred within dynamic environments. To address this, we report an elastomer with high toughness, room temperature self‐healing, and strong adhesiveness, allowing both prevention of damages… read more here.
Keywords: self healable; robotics; soft robots; self ... See more keywords
Processing of Self-healing Polymers for Soft Robotics.
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DOI: 10.1002/adma.202104798
Abstract: Soft robots are, due to their softness, inherently safe and adapt well to unstructured environments. However, they are prone to various damage types. Self-healing polymers address this vulnerability. Self-healing soft robots can recover completely from… read more here.
Keywords: soft robots; healing polymers; soft robotics; robotics ... See more keywords
Bistable and Multistable Actuators for Soft Robots: Structures, Materials, and Functionalities
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DOI: 10.1002/adma.202110384
Abstract: Snap‐through bistability is often observed in nature (e.g., fast snapping to closure of Venus flytrap) and the life (e.g., bottle caps and hair clippers). Recently, harnessing bistability and multistability in different structures and soft materials… read more here.
Keywords: structures materials; bistable multistable; robots structures; multistable actuators ... See more keywords
Fabrication and Functionality Integration Technologies for Small‐Scale Soft Robots
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DOI: 10.1002/adma.202200671
Abstract: Small‐scale soft robots are attracting increasing interest for visible and potential applications owing to their safety and tolerance resulting from their intrinsic soft bodies or compliant structures. However, it is not sufficient that the soft… read more here.
Keywords: fabrication; integration; small scale; soft bodies ... See more keywords
Autonomous Soft Robots Empowered by Chemical Reaction Networks
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DOI: 10.1002/adma.202209870
Abstract: Hydrogel actuators are important for designing stimuli‐sensitive soft robots. They generate mechanical motion by exploiting compartmentalized (de)swelling in response to a stimulus. However, classical switching methods, such as manually lowering or increasing the pH, cannot… read more here.
Keywords: robots empowered; empowered chemical; chemical reaction; autonomous soft ... See more keywords
A Shift from Efficiency to Adaptability: Recent Progress in Biomimetic Interactive Soft Robotics in Wet Environments
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DOI: 10.1002/advs.202104347
Abstract: Research field of soft robotics develops exponentially since it opens up many imaginations, such as human‐interactive robot, wearable robots, and transformable robots in unpredictable environments. Wet environments such as sea and in vivo represent dynamic… read more here.
Keywords: robotics; soft robotics; robotics wet; interactive soft ... See more keywords
Reconfigurable Soft Robots by Building Blocks
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DOI: 10.1002/advs.202203217
Abstract: Soft robots are of increasing interest as they can cope with challenges that are poorly addressed by conventional rigid‐body robots (e.g., limited flexibility). However, due to their flexible nature, the soft robots can be particularly… read more here.
Keywords: robots building; reconfigurable soft; building blocks; case ... See more keywords
Carbon nanotube-integrated conductive hydrogels as multifunctional robotic skin
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DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2020.01.109
Abstract: Abstract Silicone elastomers with high mechanical stability have been conventionally adopted for the fabrication of emerging soft robots. However, these elastomers exhibit limited electrical and thermal properties that restrict the development of functional soft robots.… read more here.
Keywords: soft robots; carbon; conductive hydrogels; skin ... See more keywords
Flexible discretely-magnetized configurable soft robots via laser-tuned selective transfer printing of anisotropic ferromagnetic cells
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DOI: 10.1016/j.mtphys.2020.100313
Abstract: Abstract Meso- or micro-scale soft robots with specific magnetization profiles have been demonstrated advanced locomotion capabilities in a plethora of unstructured environments. Despite some earlier success, technical challenges still exist for flexibly fabricating sophisticated constructed,… read more here.
Keywords: magnetic robots; soft robots; soft magnetic; configurable soft ... See more keywords
Magnetic Soft Materials and Robots.
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00481
Abstract: In conventional classification, soft robots feature mechanical compliance as the main distinguishing factor from traditional robots made of rigid materials. Recent advances in functional soft materials have facilitated the emergence of a new class of… read more here.
Keywords: soft robots; magnetic soft; materials robots; soft materials ... See more keywords