Necrobotics: Biotic Materials as Ready‐to‐Use Actuators

3D printing of resilient biogels for omnidirectional and exteroceptive soft actuators

(2022) A. Heiden et al.   Science Robotics

Spider Origami: Folding Principle of Jumping Spider Leg Joints for Bioinspired Fluidic Actuators

(2021) Chantal Göttler et al.   Advanced Science

An on-demand plant-based actuator created using conformable electrodes

(2021) Wenlong Li et al.   Nature Electronics

A Spider‐Silk‐Inspired Wet Adhesive with Supercold Tolerance

(2021) Xi Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Pneumatic soft robots take a step toward autonomy

(2021) Anoop Rajappan et al.   Science Robotics

Electronics-free pneumatic circuits for controlling soft-legged robots

(2021) Dylan Drotman et al.   Science Robotics

Customizing a self-healing soft pump for robot

(2021) Wei Tang et al.   Nature Communications

Bio-inspired flexible electronics for smart E-skin

(2021) Baoqing Nie et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Bioinspired aligned magnetic features in aerogels for humidity sensing

(2021) Josh Alexander et al.   MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

A Bioinspired Stress‐Response Strategy for High‐Speed Soft Grippers

(2021) Yangqiao Lin et al.   Advanced Science

Spider‐Inspired Electrohydraulic Actuators for Fast, Soft‐Actuated Joints

(2021) Nicholas Kellaris et al.   Advanced Science

Bubble casting soft robotics

(2021) Trevor J. Jones et al.   NATURE

Naturally pre-designed biomaterials: Spider molting cuticle as a functional crude oil sorbent

(2020) Tomasz Machałowski et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Individual and Combined Coatings of Chitosan and Carnauba Wax with Oregano Essential Oil to Avoid Water Loss and Microbial Decay of Fresh Cucumber

(2020) María Melissa Gutiérrez-Pacheco et al.   Coatings

Plant‐Based Biodegradable Capacitive Tactile Pressure Sensor Using Flexible and Transparent Leaf Skeletons as Electrodes and Flower Petal as Dielectric Layer

(2020) Ahmed Elsayes et al.   Advanced Sustainable Systems

Quadrupedal robots trot into the wild

(2020) Sehoon Ha   Science Robotics

Egg Quality and Safety with an Overview of Edible Coating Application for Egg Preservation

(2019) Abdulhakim Sharaf Eddin et al.   FOOD CHEMISTRY

Living Materials Herald a New Era in Soft Robotics

(2019) Clement Appiah et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Stretchable Polymer Composite with a 3D Segregated Structure of PEDOT:PSS for Multifunctional Touchless Sensing

(2019) Zhiyong Wang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Epidermal biopolysaccharides from plant seeds enable biodegradable turbulent drag reduction

(2019) Anoop Rajappan et al.   Scientific Reports

Soft Somatosensitive Actuators via Embedded 3D Printing

(2018) Ryan L. Truby et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Soft Robotics

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

Steering and Control of Miniaturized Untethered Soft Magnetic Grippers With Haptic Assistance

(2018) Claudio Pacchierotti et al.   IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Biodegradable Piezoelectric Force Sensor

(2018) Eli J. Curry et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Increasing the Dimensionality of Soft Microstructures through Injection-Induced Self-Folding

(2018) Tommaso Ranzani et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Autonomous Selection of Closing Posture of a Robotic Hand Through Embodied Soft Matter Capacitive Sensors

(2017) Mahmoud Tavakoli et al.   IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL

Hydraulic hydrogel actuators and robots optically and sonically camouflaged in water

(2017) Hyunwoo Yuk et al.   Nature Communications

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

(2017) Ritu Raman et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

Where Have All the Giants Gone? How Animals Deal with the Problem of Size

(2017) Taylor J. M. Dick et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Arthrobots

(2017) Alex Nemiroski et al.   Soft Robotics

Phototactic guidance of a tissue-engineered soft-robotic ray

(2016) S.-J. Park et al.   SCIENCE

Soft Robotic Grippers for Biological Sampling on Deep Reefs

(2016) Kevin C. Galloway et al.   Soft Robotics

Central-Complex Control of Movement in the Freely Walking Cockroach

(2015) Joshua P. Martin et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Locomotion control of hybrid cockroach robots

(2015) C. J. Sanchez et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Bioinspiration: something for everyone

(2015) G. M. Whitesides   Interface Focus

Recurrent Filmwise and Dropwise Condensation on a Beetle Mimetic Surface

(2014) Youmin Hou et al.   ACS Nano

Pneumatic Networks for Soft Robotics that Actuate Rapidly

(2014) Bobak Mosadegh et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

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

Autonomous Soft Robotic Fish Capable of Escape Maneuvers Using Fluidic Elastomer Actuators

(2014) Andrew D. Marchese et al.   Soft Robotics

Anesthesia, Analgesia, and Euthanasia of Invertebrates

(2013) J. E. Cooper   ILAR JOURNAL

Atmospheric-operable bioactuator powered by insect muscle packaged with medium

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

Controlled Flight of a Biologically Inspired, Insect-Scale Robot

(2013) K. Y. Ma et al.   SCIENCE

Soft Robotics for Chemists

(2011) Filip Ilievski et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Bio-inspired approaches to design smart fabrics

(2011) Ajay V. Singh et al.   MATERIALS & DESIGN

Bioinspired self-repairing slippery surfaces with pressure-stable omniphobicity

(2011) Tak-Sing Wong et al.   NATURE

Multigait soft robot

(2011) R. F. Shepherd et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Universal robotic gripper based on the jamming of granular material

(2010) E. Brown et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Spider silks and their applications

(2008) Jonathan A. Kluge et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY