Materials, Actuators, and Sensors for Soft Bioinspired Robots

4D Printing of a Light-Driven Soft Actuator with Programmed Printing Density

(2020) Akihiro Nishiguchi et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Bioinspired footed soft robot with unidirectional all-terrain mobility

(2020) Xin Wang et al.   Materials Today

Bioinspired underwater locomotion of light-driven liquid crystal gels

(2020) Hamed Shahsavan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biologically inspired artificial eyes and photonics

(2020) Jae-Jun Kim et al.   REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS

A bioinspired magnetic responsive cilia array surface for microspheres underwater directional transport

(2020) Shuang Ben et al.   Science China-Chemistry

Magnetic Needle Steering in Soft Phantom Tissue

(2020) Mahdi Ilami et al.   Scientific Reports

Re-epithelialization and immune cell behaviour in an ex vivo human skin model

(2020) Ana Rakita et al.   Scientific Reports

Seamless multimaterial 3D liquid-crystalline elastomer actuators for next-generation entirely soft robots

(2020) Yubai Zhang et al.   Science Advances

Bio-inspired multiple-stimuli responsive porous materials with switchable flexibility and programmable shape morphing capability

(2020) Yan Sun et al.   CARBON

Fabrication of dielectric elastomers with improved electromechanical properties using silicone rubber and walnut polyphenols modified dielectric particles

(2020) Liang Jiang et al.   MATERIALS & DESIGN

Review of state-of-art artificial compound eye imaging systems

(2019) Yang Cheng et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

A variable-stiffness tendril-like soft robot based on reversible osmotic actuation

(2019) Indrek Must et al.   Nature Communications

Occurrence of the potent mutagens 2- nitrobenzanthrone and 3-nitrobenzanthrone in fine airborne particles

(2019) Aldenor G. Santos et al.   Scientific Reports

Multifunctional Soft Actuators Based on Anisotropic Paper/Polymer Bilayer Toward Bioinspired Applications

(2019) Ying Hu et al.   Advanced Materials Technologies

A Soft End Effector Inspired by Cephalopod Suckers and Augmented by a Dielectric Elastomer Actuator

(2019) Nick Sholl et al.   Soft Robotics

A Fully Three-Dimensional Printed Inchworm-Inspired Soft Robot with Magnetic Actuation

(2019) Erina B. Joyee et al.   Soft Robotics

An Untethered Magnetic- and Light-Responsive Rotary Gripper: Shedding Light on Photoresponsive Liquid Crystal Actuators

(2019) Marina Pilz da Cunha et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

A soft breaststroke-inspired swimming robot actuated by dielectric elastomers

(2019) Shu Wang et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Bioinspired Flexible Volatile Organic Compounds Sensor Based on Dynamic Surface Wrinkling with Dual‐Signal Response

(2019) Chunyan Qu et al.   Small

Biomimetic magnetic-responsive cilia-like soft device: surface energy control and external field actuation

(2019) Weitao Jiang et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN ELECTRONICS

Bioinspired Actuators based on Stimuli‐Responsive Polymers

(2019) Huanqing Cui et al.   Chemistry-An Asian Journal

Multifunctional Janus Microplates Arrays Actuated by Magnetic Fields for Water/Light Switches and Bio‐Inspired Assimilatory Coloration

(2019) Shaojun Jiang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Moisture Sensitive Smart Yarns and Textiles from Self-Balanced Silk Fiber Muscles

(2019) Tianjiao Jia et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Water-Evaporation-Powered Fast Actuators with Multimodal Motion Based on Robust Nacre-Mimetic Composite Film

(2019) Li Zhang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Dielectric Elastomer Artificial Muscle: Materials Innovations and Device Explorations

(2019) Yu Qiu et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Programmable Polymer Actuators Perform Continuous Helical Motions Driven by Moisture

(2019) Qing Chen et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Bio-inspired fabrication of fire-retarding, magnetic-responsive, superhydrophobic sponges for oil and organics collection

(2019) Pengfei Liu et al.   APPLIED CLAY SCIENCE

Transient thermo-mechanical analysis for bimorph soft robot based on thermally responsive liquid crystal elastomers

(2019) Yun Cui et al.   APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND MECHANICS-ENGLISH EDITION

Highly Stretchable, Adaptable, and Durable Strain Sensing Based on a Bioinspired Dynamically Cross‐Linked Graphene/Polymer Composite

(2019) Shuyuan Lin et al.   Small

Smart Compound Eyes Enable Tunable Imaging

(2019) Zhuo‐Chen Ma et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Bioinspired Electro‐Thermo‐Hygro Reversible Shape‐Changing Materials by 4D Printing

(2019) Antoine Le Duigou et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Advanced Soft Materials, Sensor Integrations, and Applications of Wearable Flexible Hybrid Electronics in Healthcare, Energy, and Environment

(2019) Hyo‐Ryoung Lim et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Fabrication of Asymmetric Tubular Hydrogels through Polymerization-Assisted Welding for Thermal Flow Actuated Artificial Muscles

(2019) Huijuan Lin et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

A Millimeter‐Scale Snail Robot Based on a Light‐Powered Liquid Crystal Elastomer Continuous Actuator

(2019) Mikołaj Rogóż et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Capacitive Bio-Inspired Flow Sensing Cupula

(2019) James P. Wissman et al.   SENSORS

Towards efficient elastic actuation in bio-inspired robotics using dielectric elastomer artificial muscles

(2019) Chongjing Cao et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Soft Rehabilitation and Nursing-Care Robots: A Review and Future Outlook

(2019) Zengqi Peng et al.   Applied Sciences-Basel

Pneumatic Soft Actuator with Anisotropic Soft and Rigid Restraints for Pure in-Plane Bending Motion

(2019) Manjia Su et al.   Applied Sciences-Basel

Bio-inspired clamping microneedle arrays from flexible ferrofluid-configured moldings

(2019) Xiaoxuan Zhang et al.   Science Bulletin

Moisture-Responsive Graphene Actuators Prepared by Two-Beam Laser Interference of Graphene Oxide Paper

(2019) Hao-Bo Jiang et al.   Frontiers in Chemistry

Bioinspired Design of Light‐Powered Crawling, Squeezing, and Jumping Untethered Soft Robot

(2019) Chihyung Ahn et al.   Advanced Materials Technologies

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

(2019) Tianqi Xu et al.   Science Robotics

Deeper insights into the moisture-induced hygroscopic and mechanical properties of hemp reinforced biocomposites

(2019) Samuel Réquilé et al.   COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING

Humidity-Driven Soft Actuator Built up Layer-by-Layer and Theoretical Insight into Its Mechanism of Energy Conversion

(2019) Huiyan Tan et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

From a body temperature-triggered reversible shape-memory material to high-sensitive bionic soft actuators

(2019) Lan Du et al.   Applied Materials Today

Bioinspired Triboelectric Nanogenerators as Self‐Powered Electronic Skin for Robotic Tactile Sensing

(2019) Guo Yao et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Hierarchically Structured Self‐Healing Actuators with Superfast Light‐ and Magnetic‐Response

(2019) Yuyan Wang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Bioinspired Dynamic Cross-Linking Hydrogel Sensors with Skin-like Strain and Pressure Sensing Behaviors

(2019) Shan Xia et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Controlled flight of a microrobot powered by soft artificial muscles

(2019) Yufeng Chen et al.   NATURE

A multifunctional shape-morphing elastomer with liquid metal inclusions

(2019) Michael J. Ford et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

3D-Printing and Machine Learning Control of Soft Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite Actuators

(2019) James D. Carrico et al.   Scientific Reports

High‐Performance Ionic‐Polymer–Metal Composite: Toward Large‐Deformation Fast‐Response Artificial Muscles

(2019) Suqian Ma et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A bionic tactile plastic hydrogel-based electronic skin constructed by a nerve-like nanonetwork combining stretchable, compliant, and self-healing properties

(2019) Xiaofeng Pan et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Magnetic actuation bionic robotic gripper with bistable morphing structure

(2019) Zheng Zhang et al.   COMPOSITE STRUCTURES

Bio-inspired adhesive and self-healing hydrogels as flexible strain sensors for monitoring human activities

(2019) Zijian Gao et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

Preparation of pH Responsive Polystyrene and Polyvinyl Pyridine Nanospheres Stabilized by Mickering Microgel Emulsions

(2019) Atta et al.   Nanomaterials

Characterization of elastic, thermo-responsive, self-healable supramolecular hydrogel made of self-assembly peptides and guar gum

(2019) Raffaele Pugliese et al.   MATERIALS & DESIGN

Power optimization of a conical dielectric elastomer actuator for resonant robotic systems

(2019) Chongjing Cao et al.   Extreme Mechanics Letters

Magnetically Actuated Tunable Soft Electronics

(2019) Mahdi Ilami et al.   ACS Omega

Bioinspired Flexible and Highly Responsive Dual-Mode Strain/Magnetism Composite Sensor

(2018) Pei Huang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Epidermis Microstructure Inspired Graphene Pressure Sensor with Random Distributed Spinosum for High Sensitivity and Large Linearity

(2018) Yu Pang et al.   ACS Nano

Actively Perceiving and Responsive Soft Robots Enabled by Self-Powered, Highly Extensible, and Highly Sensitive Triboelectric Proximity- and Pressure-Sensing Skins

(2018) Ying-Chih Lai et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Stretchable Triboelectric-Photonic Smart Skin for Tactile and Gesture Sensing

(2018) Tianzhao Bu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Bioinspired Hydrogel Interferometer for Adaptive Coloration and Chemical Sensing

(2018) Meng Qin et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Soft Ultrathin Electronics Innervated Adaptive Fully Soft Robots

(2018) Chengjun Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Materials and Wearable Devices for Autonomous Monitoring of Physiological Markers

(2018) Weiwei Wu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Design and assessment of a flexible fish robot actuated by shape memory alloys

(2018) William Coral et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

The preparations of novel cellulose/phenylboronic acid composite intelligent bio-hydrogel and its glucose, pH-responsive behaviors

(2018) Huafeng Peng et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Water-responsive helical graphene-oxide fibers incorporating a continuous carbon nanotube network

(2018) Yuping Sun et al.   CARBON

A bio-inspired homogeneous graphene oxide actuator driven by moisture gradients

(2018) Yuanhang Ge et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Dramatically enhanced strain- and moisture-sensitivity of bioinspired fragmentized carbon architectures regulated by cellulose nanocrystals

(2018) Huaquan Wang et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

High Performance Humidity Fluctuation Sensor for Wearable Devices via a Bioinspired Atomic-Precise Tunable Graphene-Polymer Heterogeneous Sensing Junction

(2018) Jiang He et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Smart Nacre-inspired Nanocomposites

(2018) Jingsong Peng et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

A linear and large-range pressure sensor based on a graphene/silver nanowires nanobiocomposites network and a hierarchical structural sponge

(2018) Xuchu Dong et al.   COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Soft Freestanding Planar Artificial Muscle Based on Dielectric Elastomer Actuator

(2018) Lei Qin et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

Photomechanical effects in liquid crystalline polymer networks and elastomers

(2018) Timothy J. White   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS

High-performance flexible strain sensor with bio-inspired crack arrays

(2018) Zhiwu Han et al.   Nanoscale

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

(2018) E. Acome et al.   SCIENCE

DNA-Based Sensor for the Detection of an Organophosphorus Pesticide: Profenofos

(2018) Giulia Selvolini et al.   SENSORS

Versatile microfluidic flow generated by moulded magnetic artificial cilia

(2018) Shuaizhong Zhang et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Bilayer-type fluorescence hydrogels with intelligent response serve as temperature/pH driven soft actuators

(2018) Yu Cheng et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Biohybrid and Bioinspired Magnetic Microswimmers

(2018) Klaas Bente et al.   Small

Artificial muscle driven soft hydraulic robot: electromechanical actuation and simplified modeling

(2018) Mingqi Zhang et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Structural absorption by barbule microstructures of super black bird of paradise feathers

(2018) Dakota E. McCoy et al.   Nature Communications

Thermoresponsive Hydrogels and Their Biomedical Applications: Special Insight into Their Applications in Textile Based Transdermal Therapy

(2018) Sudipta Chatterjee et al.   Polymers

Bio-inspired highly flexible dual-mode electronic cilia

(2018) Ya-Feng Liu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Super tough magnetic hydrogels for remotely triggered shape morphing

(2018) Jingda Tang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

A powerful dual-responsive soft actuator and photo-to-electric generator based on graphene micro-gasbags for bioinspired applications

(2018) Lulu Yang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Mimosa inspired bilayer hydrogel actuator functioning in multi-environments

(2018) Jing Zheng et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Soft Biomimetic Fish Robot Made of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

(2018) Jun Shintake et al.   Soft Robotics

Human-in-the-loop development of soft wearable robots

(2018) Conor Walsh   Nature Reviews Materials

Multistimulus Responsive Actuator with GO and Carbon Nanotube/PDMS Bilayer Structure for Flexible and Smart Devices

(2018) Wen Wang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

A Bio-inspired 3D Micro-structure for Graphene-based Bacteria Sensing

(2018) Bing Li et al.   BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS

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

A Flexible Wearable Pressure Sensor with Bioinspired Microcrack and Interlocking for Full-Range Human-Machine Interfacing

(2018) Ying Guo et al.   Small

Multisegment annular dielectric elastomer actuators for soft robots

(2018) Wen-Bo Li et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Ionic polymer with single-layered electrodes: a novel strategy for ionic actuator design

(2018) Longfei Chang et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

In situ immune response and mechanisms of cell damage in central nervous system of fatal cases microcephaly by Zika virus

(2018) Raimunda S. S. Azevedo et al.   Scientific Reports

Bioinspired multi-responsive soft actuators controlled by laser tailored graphene structures

(2018) Heng Deng et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Graphene-Based Light-Driven Soft Robot with Snake-Inspired Concertina and Serpentine Locomotion

(2018) Yuanyuan Yang et al.   Advanced Materials Technologies

Bioinspired Smart Moisture Actuators Based on Nanoscale Cellulose Materials and Porous, Hydrophilic EVOH Nanofibrous Membranes

(2018) Qing Zhu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

A Stimuli-Responsive Nanocomposite for 3D Anisotropic Cell-Guidance and Magnetic Soft Robotics

(2018) Riccardo Tognato et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Highly Stretchable, Elastic, and Ionic Conductive Hydrogel for Artificial Soft Electronics

(2018) Yang Zhou et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Plasmonic‐Assisted Graphene Oxide Artificial Muscles

(2018) Bing Han et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Humidity responsive actuation of bioinspired hygromorph biocomposites (HBC) for adaptive structures

(2018) Antoine Le Duigou et al.   COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING

Double-slit photoelectron interference in strong-field ionization of the neon dimer

(2018) Maksim Kunitski et al.   Nature Communications

Agile and Resilient Insect-Scale Robot

(2018) Tiefeng Li et al.   Soft Robotics

Force Modulation and Adaptability of 3D‐Bioprinted Biological Actuators Based on Skeletal Muscle Tissue

(2018) Rafael Mestre et al.   Advanced Materials Technologies

Bioinspired Soft Actuators for Eyeball Motions in Humanoid Robots

(2018) Lu Li et al.   IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

Highly flexible strain sensors based on polydimethylsiloxane/carbon nanotubes (CNTs) prepared by a swelling/permeating method and enhanced sensitivity by CNTs surface modification

(2018) Rong Zhang et al.   COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Expression of epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) and CFTR in the human epidermis and epidermal appendages

(2017) Israel Hanukoglu et al.   HISTOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY

Modeling of Viscoelastic Electromechanical Behavior in a Soft Dielectric Elastomer Actuator

(2017) Guo-Ying Gu et al.   IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Hygromorph BioComposites: Effect of fibre content and interfacial strength on the actuation performances

(2017) Antoine Le Duigou et al.   INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS

Design and fabrication of twisted monolithic dielectric elastomer actuator

(2017) Ho Sang Jung et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONTROL AUTOMATION AND SYSTEMS

Soft robot review

(2017) Chiwon Lee et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONTROL AUTOMATION AND SYSTEMS

Electromechanical Control and Stability Analysis of a Soft Swim-Bladder Robot Driven by Dielectric Elastomer

(2017) Bangyuan Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

Thermal actuation of hydrogels from PNIPAm, alginate, and carbon nanofibres

(2017) Holly Warren et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS

Light-Driven, Caterpillar-Inspired Miniature Inching Robot

(2017) Hao Zeng et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Mechanical properties of PNIPAM based hydrogels: A review

(2017) Muhammad Abdul Haq et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

BCF swimming locomotion for autonomous underwater robots: a review and a novel solution to improve control and efficiency

(2017) David Scaradozzi et al.   OCEAN ENGINEERING

pH-Responsive polymers

(2017) G. Kocak et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Sensing fluctuating airflow with spider silk

(2017) Jian Zhou et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

High thermal conductivity in soft elastomers with elongated liquid metal inclusions

(2017) Michael D. Bartlett et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Advances in dielectric elastomer actuation technology

(2017) NianFeng Wang et al.   Science China-Technological Sciences

Nitride-Based Materials for Flexible MEMS Tactile and Flow Sensors in Robotics

(2017) Claudio Abels et al.   SENSORS

Cupula-Inspired Hyaluronic Acid-Based Hydrogel Encapsulation to Form Biomimetic MEMS Flow Sensors

(2017) Ajay Kottapalli et al.   SENSORS

Natural fibres actuators for smart bio-inspired hygromorph biocomposites

(2017) Antoine Le Duigou et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Bilayer hydrogel actuators with tight interfacial adhesion fully constructed from natural polysaccharides

(2017) Jiangjiang Duan et al.   Soft Matter

In situ click chemistry generation of cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors

(2017) Atul Bhardwaj et al.   Nature Communications

Advanced Materials for Health Monitoring with Skin-Based Wearable Devices

(2017) Han Jin et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

The Effect of Moisture on Cellulose Nanocrystals Intended as a High Gas Barrier Coating on Flexible Packaging Materials

(2017) Ghislain Fotie et al.   Polymers

Graphene oxide based moisture-responsive biomimetic film actuators with nacre-like layered structures

(2017) Yaqian Zhang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Reversible bidirectional bending of hydrogel-based bilayer actuators

(2017) Xue Li et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Bioinspired stimuli-responsive multilayer film made of silk–titanate nanocomposites

(2017) Elena Colusso et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Fish-inspired self-powered microelectromechanical flow sensor with biomimetic hydrogel cupula

(2017) M. Bora et al.   APL Materials

Soft Dielectric Elastomer Oscillators Driving Bioinspired Robots

(2017) E.-F. Markus Henke et al.   Soft Robotics

A Wearable and Highly Sensitive Graphene Strain Sensor for Precise Home-Based Pulse Wave Monitoring

(2017) Tingting Yang et al.   ACS Sensors

Ultrastretchable, transparent triboelectric nanogenerator as electronic skin for biomechanical energy harvesting and tactile sensing

(2017) Xiong Pu et al.   Science Advances

Ror2 signaling regulates Golgi structure and transport through IFT20 for tumor invasiveness

(2017) Michiru Nishita et al.   Scientific Reports

Investigating the Life Expectancy and Proteolytic Degradation of Engineered Skeletal Muscle Biological Machines

(2017) Caroline Cvetkovic et al.   Scientific Reports

Projection of American dustiness in the late 21st century due to climate change

(2017) Bing Pu et al.   Scientific Reports

Nuclear factor (erythroid derived 2)-like 2 activation increases exercise endurance capacity via redox modulation in skeletal muscles

(2017) Sechang Oh et al.   Scientific Reports

Thermally Active Liquid Crystal Network Gripper Mimicking the Self-Peeling of Gecko Toe Pads

(2016) Hamed Shahsavan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Humidity- and Photo-Induced Mechanical Actuation of Cross-Linked Liquid Crystal Polymers

(2016) Yuyun Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Soft Actuators for Small-Scale Robotics

(2016) Lindsey Hines et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Self-Healing Hydrogels

(2016) Danielle Lynne Taylor et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Artificial compound eye: a survey of the state-of-the-art

(2016) Sidong Wu et al.   ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE REVIEW

Non-contact magnetic driving bioinspired Venus flytrap robot based on bistable anti-symmetric CFRP structure

(2016) Zheng Zhang et al.   COMPOSITE STRUCTURES

Mechanosensation and Adaptive Motor Control in Insects

(2016) John C. Tuthill et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Stiffening in Soft Robotics: A Review of the State of the Art

(2016) Mariangela Manti et al.   IEEE ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION MAGAZINE

Miniaturized soft bio-hybrid robotics: a step forward into healthcare applications

(2016) T. Patino et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Adaptive liquid lens driven by elastomer actuator

(2016) Boya Jin et al.   OPTICAL ENGINEERING

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

Shape-programmable magnetic soft matter

(2016) Guo Zhan Lum 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

Electromagnetically driven liquid lens

(2016) Sang Hoon Oh et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

An Electroactive, Tunable, and Frequency Selective Surface Utilizing Highly Stretchable Dielectric Elastomer Actuators Based on Functionally Antagonistic Aperture Control

(2016) Jun-Ho Choi et al.   Small

Light-Driven Soft Robot Mimics Caterpillar Locomotion in Natural Scale

(2016) Mikołaj Rogóż et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

A bio-inspired cellulose nanocrystal-based nanocomposite photonic film with hyper-reflection and humidity-responsive actuator properties

(2016) Tianhang Wu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

One-Dimensional Nanomaterials for Soft Electronics

(2016) Shu Gong et al.   Advanced Electronic Materials

Extremely Stretchable Strain Sensors Based on Conductive Self-Healing Dynamic Cross-Links Hydrogels for Human-Motion Detection

(2016) Guofa Cai et al.   Advanced Science

Nanofibril scaffold assisted MEMS artificial hydrogel neuromasts for enhanced sensitivity flow sensing

(2016) Ajay Giri Prakash Kottapalli et al.   Scientific Reports

A multiple-shape memory polymer-metal composite actuator capable of programmable control, creating complex 3D motion of bending, twisting, and oscillation

(2016) Qi Shen et al.   Scientific Reports

From Biological Cilia to Artificial Flow Sensors: Biomimetic Soft Polymer Nanosensors with High Sensing Performance

(2016) Mohsen Asadnia et al.   Scientific Reports

Ultrastructural Characterization of the Lower Motor System in a Mouse Model of Krabbe Disease

(2016) Valentina Cappello et al.   Scientific Reports

Reverse Adhesion of a Gecko-Inspired Synthetic Adhesive Switched by an Ion-Exchange Polymer–Metal Composite Actuator

(2015) Dong-Jie Guo et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Ultrafast All-Polymer Electrically Tunable Silicone Lenses

(2015) Luc Maffli et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Gradient Porous Elastic Hydrogels with Shape-Memory Property and Anisotropic Responses for Programmable Locomotion

(2015) Rongcong Luo et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Self-Repairable, High Permittivity Dielectric Elastomers with Large Actuation Strains at Low Electric Fields

(2015) Simon J. Dünki et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Bioinspired Graphene Actuators Prepared by Unilateral UV Irradiation of Graphene Oxide Papers

(2015) Dong-Dong Han et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A Graphene-Based Bimorph Structure for Design of High Performance Photoactuators

(2015) Ying Hu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Unusual and Superfast Temperature-Triggered Actuators

(2015) Shaohua Jiang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Toward a New Generation of Electrically Controllable Hygromorphic Soft Actuators

(2015) Silvia Taccola et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Design and fabrication of an electrohydrodynamically actuated microlens with areal density modulated electrodes

(2015) Alireza Ousati Ashtiani et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING

Artificial fish skin of self-powered micro-electromechanical systems hair cells for sensing hydrodynamic flow phenomena

(2015) Mohsen Asadnia et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Design, fabrication and control of soft robots

(2015) Daniela Rus et al.   NATURE

Programmable and adaptive mechanics with liquid crystal polymer networks and elastomers

(2015) Timothy J. White et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Increasing the performance of dielectric elastomer actuators: A review from the materials perspective

(2015) L.J. Romasanta et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Dynamic Magnetic Responsive Wall Array with Droplet Shedding-off Properties

(2015) Lei Wang et al.   Scientific Reports

Sensitive Humidity-Driven Reversible and Bidirectional Bending of Nanocellulose Thin Films as Bio-Inspired Actuation

(2015) Miao Wang et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

A Bioinspired Swimming and Walking Hydrogel Driven by Light-Controlled Local Density

(2015) Lei Wang et al.   Advanced Science

Hydrogel: Preparation, characterization, and applications: A review

(2015) Enas M. Ahmed   Journal of Advanced Research

Bio-Inspired Wooden Actuators for Large Scale Applications

(2015) Markus Rüggeberg et al.   PLoS One

Ionic and Capacitive Artificial Muscle for Biomimetic Soft Robotics

(2014) Indrek Must et al.   ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS

Near-Infrared Light-Driven, Highly Efficient Bilayer Actuators Based on Polydopamine-Modified Reduced Graphene Oxide

(2014) Mingyang Ji et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Iris-Like Tunable Aperture Employing Liquid-Crystal Elastomers

(2014) Stefan Schuhladen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Enhanced Electroactive Response of Unidirectional Elastomeric Composites with High-Dielectric-Constant Fibers

(2014) Krishna Bala Subramani et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

MagnetoSperm: A microrobot that navigates using weak magnetic fields

(2014) Islam S. M. Khalil et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Remote-controlling chemical reactions by light: Towards chemistry with high spatio-temporal resolution

(2014) Robert Göstl et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Hydrogel-based actuators: possibilities and limitations

(2014) Leonid Ionov   Materials Today

Conversion of light into macroscopic helical motion

(2014) Supitchaya Iamsaard et al.   Nature Chemistry

Integrating the active process of hair cells with cochlear function

(2014) A. J. Hudspeth   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

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

Wearable Electronics and Smart Textiles: A Critical Review

(2014) Matteo Stoppa et al.   SENSORS

Bio-Hybrid Cell-Based Actuators for Microsystems

(2014) Rika Wright Carlsen et al.   Small

Highly Conductive Stretchable and Biocompatible Electrode-Hydrogel Hybrids for Advanced Tissue Engineering

(2014) Masato Sasaki et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

A Resilient, Untethered Soft Robot

(2014) Michael T. Tolley et al.   Soft Robotics

Wavelength-Selective, IR Light-Driven Hinges Based on Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Composites

(2013) Ryan R. Kohlmeyer et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Propulsion of swimming microrobots inspired bymetachronal wavesin ciliates: from biology to material specifications

(2013) Stefano Palagi et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

A liquid crystal polymer based single layer chemo-responsive actuator

(2013) Tahseen Kamal et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Bio-inspired micro/mini propulsion at air-water interface: A review

(2013) Junqi Yuan et al.   Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology

Light-Controlled Graphene-Elastin Composite Hydrogel Actuators

(2013) Eddie Wang et al.   NANO LETTERS

A survey of bio-inspired robotics hands implementation: New directions in dexterous manipulation

(2013) Ebrahim Mattar   ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS

Bio-Inspired Polymer Composite Actuator and Generator Driven by Water Gradients

(2013) M. Ma et al.   SCIENCE

Fluid propulsion using magnetically-actuated artificial cilia – experiments and simulations

(2013) Syed Khaderi et al.   RSC Advances

A Review of Ionic Polymeric Soft Actuators and Sensors

(2013) Yousef Bahramzadeh et al.   Soft Robotics

Flexible, Multifunctional, Magnetically Actuated Nanocomposite Films

(2012) Georgios A. Sotiriou et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Human Cochlea: Anatomical Characteristics and their Relevance for Cochlear Implantation

(2012) Helge Rask-Andersen et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

A Strong Bio-Inspired Layered PNIPAM-Clay Nanocomposite Hydrogel

(2012) Jianfeng Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A survey of bio-inspired compliant legged robot designs

(2012) Xiaodong Zhou et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Hydration biomarkers in free-living adults with different levels of habitual fluid consumption

(2012) Erica Perrier et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Kinocilia Mediate Mechanosensitivity in Developing Zebrafish Hair Cells

(2012) Katie S. Kindt et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

The clinical potential of exhaled breath analysis for diabetes mellitus

(2012) Timothy Do Chau Minh et al.   DIABETES RESEARCH AND CLINICAL PRACTICE

The application of graphene based materials for actuators

(2012) Yi Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Estimation of Young’s Modulus of Graphene by Raman Spectroscopy

(2012) Jae-Ung Lee et al.   NANO LETTERS

An electrically and mechanically self-healing composite with pressure- and flexion-sensitive properties for electronic skin applications

(2012) Benjamin C-K. Tee et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Bio-inspired Design of Submerged Hydrogel-Actuated Polymer Microstructures Operating in Response to pH

(2011) Lauren D. Zarzar et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Electroactive polymer actuators as artificial muscles: are they ready for bioinspired applications?

(2011) Federico Carpi et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Tactile sensing for dexterous in-hand manipulation in robotics—A review

(2011) Hanna Yousef et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

Liquid Crystalline Elastomers as Actuators and Sensors

(2010) Christian Ohm et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Fabrication and magnetic control of bacteria-inspired robotic microswimmers

(2010) U. Kei Cheang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Supramolecular amphiphiles

(2010) Xi Zhang et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

The flow fields involved in hydrodynamic imaging by blind Mexican cave fish (Astyanax fasciatus). Part II: gliding parallel to a wall

(2010) S. P. Windsor et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The flow fields involved in hydrodynamic imaging by blind Mexican cave fish (Astyanax fasciatus). Part I: open water and heading towards a wall

(2010) S. P. Windsor et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Graphene Oxide, Highly Reduced Graphene Oxide, and Graphene: Versatile Building Blocks for Carbon-Based Materials

(2010) Owen C. Compton et al.   Small

Magneto-responsive hydrogels based on maghemite/triblock terpolymer hybrid micelles

(2010) Stefan Reinicke et al.   Soft Matter

One-Step Exfoliation Synthesis of Easily Soluble Graphite and Transparent Conducting Graphene Sheets

(2009) Jong Hak Lee et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Lateral line system of fish

(2009) Horst BLECKMANN et al.   Integrative Zoology

Hygromorphs: from pine cones to biomimetic bilayers

(2009) E. Reyssat et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

How do animals use substrate-borne vibrations as an information source?

(2009) Peggy S. M. Hill   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Structural color change in longhorn beetles Tmesisternus isabellae

(2009) F. Liu et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Scale coloration change following water absorption in the beetleHoplia coerulea(Coleoptera)

(2009) Marie Rassart et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Irreversible climate change due to carbon dioxide emissions

(2009) Susan Solomon et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Stacked dielectric elastomer actuator for tensile force transmission

(2009) G. Kovacs et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

A Control-Oriented and Physics-Based Model for Ionic Polymer--Metal Composite Actuators

(2008) Zheng Chen et al.   IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

Shape instability of a magnetic elastomer membrane

(2008) Yu L Raikher et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

Cochlear Outer Hair Cell Motility

(2008) Jonathan Ashmore   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

MATERIALS SCIENCE: Graphene-Based Materials

(2008) D. Li et al.   SCIENCE

Cytoskeletal Bundle Mechanics

(2007) Mark Bathe et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Dielectric elastomers as actuators for upper limb prosthetics: Challenges and opportunities

(2007) Elaine Biddiss et al.   MEDICAL ENGINEERING & PHYSICS