3D-printed programmable tensegrity for soft robotics

Soft and Stiff Simplex Tensegrity Lattices as Extreme Smart Metamaterials

(2019) Anna Al Sabouni-Zawadzka et al.   Materials

Tensegrity topology optimization by force maximization on arbitrary ground structures

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Programming soft robots with flexible mechanical metamaterials

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Magnetically actuated microrobots as a platform for stem cell transplantation

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Millimeter-scale flexible robots with programmable three-dimensional magnetization and motions

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Architected materials for tailorable shear behavior with energy dissipation

(2019) Suihan Liu et al.   Extreme Mechanics Letters

Phase Changing Materials-Based Variable-Stiffness Tensegrity Structures

(2019) Davide Zappetti et al.   Soft Robotics

Synergistic control of a multi-segments vertebral column robot based on tensegrity for postural balance

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Bioinspired spring origami

(2018) Jakob A. Faber et al.   SCIENCE

Handedness in shearing auxetics creates rigid and compliant structures

(2018) Jeffrey Ian Lipton et al.   SCIENCE

Hydraulically amplified self-healing electrostatic actuators with muscle-like performance

(2018) E. Acome et al.   SCIENCE

Exploiting negative Poisson's ratio to design 3D-printed composites with enhanced mechanical properties

(2018) Tiantian Li et al.   MATERIALS & DESIGN

Printing ferromagnetic domains for untethered fast-transforming soft materials

(2018) Yoonho Kim et al.   NATURE

Small-scale soft-bodied robot with multimodal locomotion

(2018) Wenqi Hu et al.   NATURE

3D printing of complex origami assemblages for reconfigurable structures

(2018) Zeang Zhao et al.   Soft Matter

A Light-Powered Ultralight Tensegrity Robot with High Deformability and Load Capacity

(2018) Zhijian Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Field responsive mechanical metamaterials

(2018) Julie A. Jackson et al.   Science Advances

A wet-tolerant adhesive patch inspired by protuberances in suction cups of octopi

(2017) Sangyul Baik et al.   NATURE

Origami-based tunable truss structures for non-volatile mechanical memory operation

(2017) Hiromi Yasuda et al.   Nature Communications

Soft material for soft actuators

(2017) Aslan Miriyev et al.   Nature Communications

Flexible mechanical metamaterials

(2017) Katia Bertoldi et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Fast-moving soft electronic fish

(2017) Tiefeng Li et al.   Science Advances

Knitting and weaving artificial muscles

(2017) Ali Maziz et al.   Science Advances

Integrated Design and Simulation of Tunable, Multi-State Structures Fabricated Monolithically with Multi-Material 3D Printing

(2017) Tian Chen et al.   Scientific Reports

Programmable Deployment of Tensegrity Structures by Stimulus-Responsive Polymers

(2017) Ke Liu et al.   Scientific Reports

Soft Actuators for Small-Scale Robotics

(2016) Lindsey Hines et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

An autonomous actuator driven by fluctuations in ambient humidity

(2016) Hiroki Arazoe et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Biomimetic 4D printing

(2016) A. Sydney Gladman et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Programming curvature using origami tessellations

(2016) Levi H. Dudte et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Phototactic guidance of a tissue-engineered soft-robotic ray

(2016) S.-J. Park et al.   SCIENCE

Light-Driven Soft Robot Mimics Caterpillar Locomotion in Natural Scale

(2016) Mikołaj Rogóż et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Buckling of Elastomeric Beams Enables Actuation of Soft Machines

(2015) Dian Yang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Origami structures with a critical transition to bistability arising from hidden degrees of freedom

(2015) Jesse L. Silverberg et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Multiscale tunability of solitary wave dynamics in tensegrity metamaterials

(2014) Fernando Fraternali et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Design and control of compliant tensegrity robots through simulation and hardware validation

(2014) K. Caluwaerts et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Active Printed Materials for Complex Self-Evolving Deformations

(2014) Dan Raviv et al.   Scientific Reports

Minimum mass design of tensegrity bridges with parametric architecture and multiscale complexity

(2013) R.E. Skelton et al.   MECHANICS RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Buckling-induced encapsulation of structured elastic shells under pressure

(2012) J. Shim et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Programming magnetic anisotropy in polymeric microactuators

(2011) Jiyun Kim et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Multigait soft robot

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