Living Materials Herald a New Era in Soft Robotics

3D-Printed Biodegradable Microswimmer for Theranostic Cargo Delivery and Release

(2019) Hakan Ceylan et al.   ACS Nano

Simulation and Fabrication of Stronger, Larger, and Faster Walking Biohybrid Machines

(2018) Gelson J. Pagan-Diaz et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Swimming Microrobots: Soft, Reconfigurable, and Smart

(2018) Mariana Medina-Sánchez et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Soft Robotic Grippers

(2018) Jun Shintake et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Engineered Living Materials: Prospects and Challenges for Using Biological Systems to Direct the Assembly of Smart Materials

(2018) Peter Q. Nguyen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Soft Robotics

(2018) George M. Whitesides   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Low-voltage-driven soft actuators

(2018) Onnuri Kim et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Soft robotic devices for hand rehabilitation and assistance: a narrative review

(2018) Chia-Ye Chu et al.   Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Biomimetic approaches toward smart bio-hybrid systems

(2018) Zhiqiang Luo et al.   Nano Research

3D printing for soft robotics – a review

(2018) Jahan Zeb Gul et al.   SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF ADVANCED MATERIALS

Cargo carrying bacteria at interfaces

(2018) Liana Vaccari et al.   Soft Matter

Cardiac Tissue Engineering on the Nanoscale

(2018) Ranjith Kumar Kankala et al.   ACS Biomaterials-Science & Engineering

Feedback Control-Based Navigation of a Flying Insect-Machine Hybrid Robot

(2018) Yao Li et al.   Soft Robotics

Cardiac Tissue Engineering on the Nanoscale

(2018) Ranjith Kumar Kankala et al.   ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering

Biomedical applications of soft robotics

(2018) Matteo Cianchetti et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

3D bioprinting of skin tissue: From pre-processing to final product evaluation

(2018) Wei-Cheng Yan et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

Interfacial tissue engineering of heart regenerative medicine based on soft cell-porous scaffolds

(2018) Xiwen Geng et al.   Journal of Thoracic Disease

Carbon nanotube-incorporated collagen hydrogels improve cell alignment and the performance of cardiac constructs

(2017) Hongyu Sun et al.   International Journal of Nanomedicine

Fundamentals of soft robot locomotion

(2017) M. Calisti et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Mobile microrobots for bioengineering applications

(2017) Hakan Ceylan et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

A modular approach to the design, fabrication, and characterization of muscle-powered biological machines

(2017) Ritu Raman et al.   Nature Protocols

Earthworm muscle driven bio-micropump

(2017) Yo Tanaka et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Biohybrid Microtube Swimmers Driven by Single Captured Bacteria

(2017) Morgan M. Stanton et al.   Small

Light controlled 3D micromotors powered by bacteria

(2017) Gaszton Vizsnyiczai et al.   Nature Communications

Soft material for soft actuators

(2017) Aslan Miriyev et al.   Nature Communications

Electrically conductive hydrogel-based micro-topographies for the development of organized cardiac tissues

(2017) Ali Navaei et al.   RSC Advances

Biomimicry, Biofabrication, and Biohybrid Systems: The Emergence and Evolution of Biological Design

(2017) Ritu Raman et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

Damage, Healing, and Remodeling in Optogenetic Skeletal Muscle Bioactuators

(2017) Ritu Raman et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

Stretchable, Skin-Mountable, and Wearable Strain Sensors and Their Potential Applications: A Review

(2016) Morteza Amjadi et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Soft Actuators for Small-Scale Robotics

(2016) Lindsey Hines et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Biofuel cell backpacked insect and its application to wireless sensing

(2016) Kan Shoji et al.   BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS

The formation and function of the cardiac conduction system

(2016) Jan Hendrik van Weerd et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Insect–computer hybrid legged robot with user-adjustable speed, step length and walking gait

(2016) Feng Cao et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Cardiomyocyte behavior on biodegradable polyurethane/gold nanocomposite scaffolds under electrical stimulation

(2016) Yasaman Ganji et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

Biology of the cardiac myocyte in heart disease

(2016) Angela K. Peter et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Magneto-aerotactic bacteria deliver drug-containing nanoliposomes to tumour hypoxic regions

(2016) Ouajdi Felfoul et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Optogenetic skeletal muscle-powered adaptive biological machines

(2016) Ritu Raman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phototactic guidance of a tissue-engineered soft-robotic ray

(2016) S.-J. Park et al.   SCIENCE

Reduced Graphene Oxide-GelMA Hybrid Hydrogels as Scaffolds for Cardiac Tissue Engineering

(2016) Su Ryon Shin et al.   Small

Bio-syncretic tweezers actuated by microorganisms: modeling and analysis

(2016) C. Zhang et al.   Soft Matter

Bio-inspired Hybrid Carbon Nanotube Muscles

(2016) Tae Hyeob Kim et al.   Scientific Reports

Influence of the porosity on the photoresponse of a liquid crystal elastomer

(2016) Emre Kizilkan et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Chemotaxis of bio-hybrid multiple bacteria-driven microswimmers

(2016) Jiang Zhuang et al.   Scientific Reports

Structural Design Elements in Biological Materials: Application to Bioinspiration

(2015) Steven E. Naleway et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Biological Soft Robotics

(2015) Adam W. Feinberg   Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Towards soft robotic devices for site-specific drug delivery

(2015) Gursel Alici   Expert Review of Medical Devices

A review article: investigations on soft materials for soft robot manipulations

(2015) N. Elango et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY

Applications of three-dimensional (3D) printing for microswimmers and bio-hybrid robotics

(2015) M. M. Stanton et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Design, fabrication and control of soft robots

(2015) Daniela Rus et al.   NATURE

Optogenetic control of contractile function in skeletal muscle

(2015) Tobias Bruegmann et al.   Nature Communications

Optogenetic induction of contractile ability in immature C2C12 myotubes

(2015) Toshifumi Asano et al.   Scientific Reports

Tough and flexible CNT–polymeric hybrid scaffolds for engineering cardiac constructs

(2014) Mahshid Kharaziha et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Monocyte-based microrobot with chemotactic motility for tumor theragnosis

(2014) Sung Jun Park et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

A Biological Micro Actuator: Graded and Closed-Loop Control of Insect Leg Motion by Electrical Stimulation of Muscles

(2014) Feng Cao et al.   PLoS One

Electrospun Nanofibers as Scaffolds for Skin Tissue Engineering

(2014) Dhakshinamoorthy Sundaramurthi et al.   Polymer Reviews

Three-dimensionally printed biological machines powered by skeletal muscle

(2014) C. Cvetkovic et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Bio-Hybrid Cell-Based Actuators for Microsystems

(2014) Rika Wright Carlsen et al.   Small

Polarity of bacterial magnetotaxis is controlled by aerotaxis through a common sensory pathway

(2014) Felix Popp et al.   Nature Communications

A self-propelled biohybrid swimmer at low Reynolds number

(2014) Brian J. Williams et al.   Nature Communications

Self-assembled insect muscle bioactuators with long term function under a range of environmental conditions

(2014) A. L. Baryshyan et al.   RSC Advances

Engineering the heart: Evaluation of conductive nanomaterials for improving implant integration and cardiac function

(2014) Jin Zhou et al.   Scientific Reports

Carbon-Nanotube-Embedded Hydrogel Sheets for Engineering Cardiac Constructs and Bioactuators

(2013) Su Ryon Shin et al.   ACS Nano

Highly Elastic Micropatterned Hydrogel for Engineering Functional Cardiac Tissue

(2013) Nasim Annabi et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Development of a Sperm-Flagella Driven Micro-Bio-Robot

(2013) Veronika Magdanz et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

25th Anniversary Article: A Soft Future: From Robots and Sensor Skin to Energy Harvesters

(2013) Siegfried Bauer et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) hydrogels with interpenetrating multiwalled carbon nanotubes for cell sheet engineering

(2013) Yu-Shuan Chen et al.   BIOMATERIALS

From channelrhodopsins to optogenetics

(2013) Peter Hegemann et al.   EMBO Molecular Medicine

Non-linear modeling of active biohybrid materials

(2013) C. Paetsch et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NON-LINEAR MECHANICS

Atmospheric-operable bioactuator powered by insect muscle packaged with medium

(2013) Yoshitake Akiyama et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Utilization and control of bioactuators across multiple length scales

(2013) Vincent Chan et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Tissue engineering: How to build a heart

(2013) Brendan Maher   NATURE

Voluntary Movement Controlled by the Surface EMG Signal for Tissue-Engineered Skeletal Muscle on a Gripping Tool

(2013) Ken-ichiro Kabumoto et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

Soft robotics: a bioinspired evolution in robotics

(2013) Sangbae Kim et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Engineered skeletal muscle tissue for soft robotics: fabrication strategies, current applications, and future challenges

(2013) Rebecca M. Duffy et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology

Overview on Multipattern and Multipolarization Antennas for Aerospace and Terrestrial Applications

(2013) Aixin Chen et al.   International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

Electrical stimulation as a biomimicry tool for regulating muscle cell behavior

(2013) Samad Ahadian et al.   Organogenesis

New paradigm for tumor theranostic methodology using bacteria-based microrobot

(2013) Sung Jun Park et al.   Scientific Reports

Soft Robotics: A Perspective—Current Trends and Prospects for the Future

(2013) Carmel Majidi   Soft Robotics

Nanotopography-guided tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

(2012) Hong Nam Kim et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

Enrichment of neonatal rat cardiomyocytes in primary culture facilitates long-term maintenance of contractility in vitro

(2012) Phong D. Nguyen et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Cardiac Regenerative Capacity and Mechanisms

(2012) Kazu Kikuchi et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Flexible and stretchable electrodes for dielectric elastomer actuators

(2012) Samuel Rosset et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING

Electrical coupling of isolated cardiomyocyte clusters grown on aligned conductive nanofibrous meshes for their synchronized beating

(2012) Chun-Wen Hsiao et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Bio-hybrid muscle cell-based actuators

(2012) Leonardo Ricotti et al.   BIOMEDICAL MICRODEVICES

Rapidly-moving insect muscle-powered microrobot and its chemical acceleration

(2012) Yoshitake Akiyama et al.   BIOMEDICAL MICRODEVICES

Chemotactic steering of bacteria propelled microbeads

(2012) Dongwook Kim et al.   BIOMEDICAL MICRODEVICES

Bacterial microsystems and microrobots

(2012) Sylvain Martel   BIOMEDICAL MICRODEVICES

Piezoelectric Deflection Sensor for a Bi-Bellows Actuator

(2012) Y. Shapiro et al.   IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

Preliminary study of an intestinal bio-robot system based on nerve stimulation

(2012) Lan Zhu et al.   Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Interdigitated array of Pt electrodes for electrical stimulation and engineering of aligned muscle tissue

(2012) Samad Ahadian et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Formation and optogenetic control of engineered 3D skeletal muscle bioactuators

(2012) Mahmut Selman Sakar et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Micropatterning Topology on Soft Substrates Affects Myoblast Proliferation and Differentiation

(2012) Susi Zatti et al.   LANGMUIR

Isolation and Maintenance-Free Culture of Contractile Myotubes from Manduca sexta Embryos

(2012) Amanda L. Baryshyan et al.   PLoS One

Room Temperature Operable Autonomously Moving Bio-Microrobot Powered by Insect Dorsal Vessel Tissue

(2012) Yoshitake Akiyama et al.   PLoS One

Development of Polydimethylsiloxane Substrates with Tunable Elastic Modulus to Study Cell Mechanobiology in Muscle and Nerve

(2012) Rachelle N. Palchesko et al.   PLoS One

Functional cardiac tissue engineering

(2012) Brian Liau et al.   Regenerative Medicine

Flexible, electrostatic microfluidic actuators based on thin film fabrication

(2012) Mihai Patrascu et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

Development of Miniaturized Walking Biological Machines

(2012) Vincent Chan et al.   Scientific Reports

Skin tissue engineering — In vivo and in vitro applications

(2011) Florian Groeber et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

Insects as Weapons of War, Terror, and Torture

(2011) Jeffrey A. Lockwood   Annual Review of Entomology

Use of an AC electric field in galvanotactic on/off switching of the motion of a microstructure blotted bySerratia marcescens

(2011) Trung-Hieu Tran et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Optically controlled contraction of photosensitive skeletal muscle cells

(2011) Toshifumi Asano et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Electrokinetic and optical control of bacterial microrobots

(2011) Edward B Steager et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING

Multi-material bio-fabrication of hydrogel cantilevers and actuators with stereolithography

(2011) Vincent Chan et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Nanoengineering the Heart: Conductive Scaffolds Enhance Connexin 43 Expression

(2011) Jin-Oh You et al.   NANO LETTERS

Nanowired three-dimensional cardiac patches

(2011) Tal Dvir et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Biohybrid thin films for measuring contractility in engineered cardiovascular muscle

(2010) Patrick W. Alford et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Electrically induced contraction of C2C12 myotubes cultured on a porous membrane-based substrate with muscle tissue-like stiffness

(2010) Hirokazu Kaji et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Artificial bacterial flagella for micromanipulation

(2010) Li Zhang et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Spatiotemporally controlled contraction of micropatterned skeletal muscle cells on a hydrogel sheet

(2010) Kuniaki Nagamine et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Optogenetic control of heart muscle in vitro and in vivo

(2010) Tobias Bruegmann et al.   NATURE METHODS

Cyborg Beetles

(2010) Michel M. Maharbiz et al.   SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

Design of Self-Oscillating Gels and Application to Biomimetic Actuators

(2010) Ryo Yoshida   SENSORS

Advances in Biomimetic and Nanostructured Biohybrid Materials

(2009) Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Influence of substrate stiffness on the phenotype of heart cells

(2009) Bashir Bhana et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Flagellated Magnetotactic Bacteria as Controlled MRI-trackable Propulsion and Steering Systems for Medical Nanorobots Operating in the Human Microvasculature

(2009) Sylvain Martel et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS RESEARCH

Cardiac cell–cell junctions in health and disease: Electrical versus mechanical coupling

(2009) Maartje Noorman et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY

A biomimetic jellyfish robot based on ionic polymer metal composite actuators

(2009) Sung-Weon Yeom et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

An electrochemical fabrication process for the assembly of anisotropically oriented collagen bundles

(2008) Xingguo Cheng et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Embryonic cardiomyocytes beat best on a matrix with heart-like elasticity: scar-like rigidity inhibits beating

(2008) A. J. Engler et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Effects of electrical stimulation in C2C12 muscle constructs

(2008) Hyoungshin Park et al.   Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Long-term and room temperature operable bioactuator powered by insect dorsal vessel tissue

(2008) Yoshitake Akiyama et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Culture of insect cells contracting spontaneously; research moving toward an environmentally robust hybrid robotic system

(2007) Yoshitake Akiyama et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Demonstration of a bio-microactuator powered by vascular smooth muscle cells coupled to polymer micropillars

(2007) Yo Tanaka et al.   LAB ON A CHIP