A light-driven artificial flytrap

Dynamic biomaterials: toward engineering autonomous feedback

(2016) Eliza Morris et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

An integrated design and fabrication strategy for entirely soft, autonomous robots

(2016) Michael Wehner et al.   NATURE

Structured light enables biomimetic swimming and versatile locomotion of photoresponsive soft microrobots

(2016) Stefano Palagi et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Phototactic guidance of a tissue-engineered soft-robotic ray

(2016) S.-J. Park et al.   SCIENCE

A chaotic self-oscillating sunlight-driven polymer actuator

(2016) Kamlesh Kumar et al.   Nature Communications

Light-Driven Soft Robot Mimics Caterpillar Locomotion in Natural Scale

(2016) Mikołaj Rogóż et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

A bioinspired reversible snapping hydrogel assembly

(2016) Qian Zhao et al.   Materials Horizons

Light-Fueled Microscopic Walkers

(2015) Hao Zeng et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Alignment engineering in liquid crystalline elastomers: Free-form microstructures with multiple functionalities

(2015) Hao Zeng et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Robots that can adapt like animals

(2015) Antoine Cully et al.   NATURE

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

Computational rationality: A converging paradigm for intelligence in brains, minds, and machines

(2015) S. J. Gershman et al.   SCIENCE

Voxelated liquid crystal elastomers

(2015) Taylor H. Ware et al.   SCIENCE

Miniaturized Swimming Soft Robot with Complex Movement Actuated and Controlled by Remote Light Signals

(2015) Chaolei Huang et al.   Scientific Reports

High-Resolution 3D Direct Laser Writing for Liquid-Crystalline Elastomer Microstructures

(2014) Hao Zeng et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Flytrap-inspired robot using structurally integrated actuation based on bistability and a developable surface

(2014) Seung-Won Kim et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Bioinspired structural materials

(2014) Ulrike G. K. Wegst et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Swimming by reciprocal motion at low Reynolds number

(2014) Tian Qiu et al.   Nature Communications

Progressive Macromolecular Self-Assembly: From Biomimetic Chemistry to Bio-Inspired Materials

(2013) Yu Zhao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Controlled Flight of a Biologically Inspired, Insect-Scale Robot

(2013) K. Y. Ma et al.   SCIENCE

Magnetic Helical Micromachines: Fabrication, Controlled Swimming, and Cargo Transport

(2012) Soichiro Tottori et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Self-oscillation

(2012) Alejandro Jenkins   PHYSICS REPORTS-REVIEW SECTION OF PHYSICS LETTERS

Camouflage and Display for Soft Machines

(2012) S. A. Morin et al.   SCIENCE

Photo-Switchable Surface Topologies in Chiral Nematic Coatings

(2011) Danqing Liu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

“Vegetable Dynamicks”: The Role of Water in Plant Movements

(2011) Jacques Dumais et al.   Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Experimental studies of the mechanisms of photomechanical effects in a nematic liquid crystal elastomer

(2011) Nathan J. Dawson et al.   JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS

Multigait soft robot

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

Liquid Crystalline Elastomers as Actuators and Sensors

(2010) Christian Ohm et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Cascading of liquid crystal elastomer photomechanical optical devices

(2010) Nathan J. Dawson et al.   OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS

Printed artificial cilia from liquid-crystal network actuators modularly driven by light

(2009) Casper L. van Oosten et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Photomobile Polymer Materials: Towards Light-Driven Plastic Motors

(2008) Munenori Yamada et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Design and Development of the Lifting and Propulsion Mechanism for a Biologically Inspired Water Runner Robot

(2008) Steven Floyd et al.   IEEE Transactions on Robotics

A high frequency photodriven polymer oscillator

(2008) Timothy J. White et al.   Soft Matter