Untethered Recyclable Tubular Actuators with Versatile Locomotion for Soft Continuum Robots

3D Printing of Liquid Crystal Elastomeric Actuators with Spatially Programed Nematic Order

(2018) Arda Kotikian et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Adaptable liquid crystal elastomers with transesterification-based bond exchange reactions

(2018) Drew W. Hanzon et al.   Soft Matter

Programming a crystalline shape memory polymer network with thermo- and photo-reversible bonds toward a single-component soft robot

(2018) Binjie Jin et al.   Science Advances

Small-scale soft-bodied robot with multimodal locomotion

(2018) Wenqi Hu et al.   NATURE

Near-Infrared Chromophore Functionalized Soft Actuator with Ultrafast Photoresponsive Speed and Superior Mechanical Property

(2017) Li Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Light-Driven, Caterpillar-Inspired Miniature Inching Robot

(2017) Hao Zeng et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Photo-responsive liquid crystalline epoxy networks with exchangeable disulfide bonds

(2017) Yuzhan Li et al.   RSC Advances

Synthesis of Elastomeric Liquid Crystalline Polymer Networks via Chain Transfer

(2017) Nicholas P. Godman et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Polydopamine nanoparticles doped in liquid crystal elastomers for producing dynamic 3D structures

(2017) Zhen Li et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Photoresponsive Liquid Crystalline Epoxy Networks with Shape Memory Behavior and Dynamic Ester Bonds

(2016) Yuzhan Li et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

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

(2016) Hamed Shahsavan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Guided Folding of Nematic Liquid Crystal Elastomer Sheets into 3D via Patterned 1D Microchannels

(2016) Yu Xia et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Photomobile Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers with Rearrangeable Networks

(2016) Toru Ube et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Photocontrol of fluid slugs in liquid crystal polymer microactuators

(2016) Jiu-an Lv et al.   NATURE

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

A cable-driven soft robot surgical system for cardiothoracic endoscopic surgery: preclinical tests in animals

(2016) Hesheng Wang et al.   SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES

Polydopamine coated shape memory polymer: enabling light triggered shape recovery, light controlled shape reprogramming and surface functionalization

(2016) Zhen Li et al.   Chemical Science

A plant tendril mimic soft actuator with phototunable bending and chiral twisting motion modes

(2016) Meng Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Light-Driven Soft Robot Mimics Caterpillar Locomotion in Natural Scale

(2016) Mikołaj Rogóż et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Thermomechanical liquid crystalline elastomer capillaries with biomimetic peristaltic crawling function

(2016) Xiyang Liu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Reversible and Rapid Laser Actuation of Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Micropillars with Inclusion of Gold Nanoparticles

(2015) Xiyang Liu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Light-Fueled Microscopic Walkers

(2015) Hao Zeng et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Versatile Soft Grippers with Intrinsic Electroadhesion Based on Multifunctional Polymer Actuators

(2015) Jun Shintake et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Remoldable Crosslinked Liquid-Crystalline Polysiloxane with Side Chain Mesogens Based on Exchangeable Crosslinks

(2015) Kyohei Kawasaki et al.   MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS

Design, fabrication and control of soft robots

(2015) Daniela Rus et al.   NATURE

Voxelated liquid crystal elastomers

(2015) Taylor H. Ware et al.   SCIENCE

A 3D-printed, functionally graded soft robot powered by combustion

(2015) N. W. Bartlett et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2015) Chaolei Huang et al.   Scientific Reports

Photoinduced Diffusion Through Polymer Networks

(2014) Yuan Meng et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Photomobile Polymer Materials with Crosslinked Liquid-Crystalline Structures: Molecular Design, Fabrication, and Functions

(2014) Toru Ube et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Humidity-Responsive Liquid Crystalline Polymer Actuators with an Asymmetry in the Molecular Trigger That Bend, Fold, and Curl

(2014) Laurens T. de Haan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Reconfigurable surface patterns on covalent adaptive network polymers using nanoimprint lithography

(2014) Lewis M. Cox et al.   POLYMER

Soft Robotics Technologies to Address Shortcomings in Today's Minimally Invasive Surgery: The STIFF-FLOP Approach

(2014) Matteo Cianchetti et al.   Soft Robotics

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

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

A Resilient, Untethered Soft Robot

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

Accordion-like Actuators of Multiple 3D Patterned Liquid Crystal Polymer Films

(2013) Laurens T. de Haan et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Mouldable liquid-crystalline elastomer actuators with exchangeable covalent bonds

(2013) Zhiqiang Pei et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

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

(2013) Carmel Majidi   Soft Robotics

Robotic Tentacles with Three-Dimensional Mobility Based on Flexible Elastomers

(2012) Ramses V. Martinez et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Effect of Cross-Link Density on Photoplasticity of Epoxide Networks Containing Allylic Dithioether Moieties

(2012) Wayne D. Cook et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Liquid Crystalline Elastomers as Actuators and Sensors

(2010) Christian Ohm et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Shape-memory polymers as a technology platform for biomedical applications

(2010) Andreas Lendlein et al.   Expert Review of Medical Devices

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

Photomobile polymer materials—various three-dimensional movements

(2008) Munenori Yamada et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Implanted cardiovascular polymers: Natural, synthetic and bio-inspired

(2008) Subbu Venkatraman et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE