Transparent Soft Robots for Effective Camouflage

Helping robots blend into the background

(2017) Cecilia Laschi   SCIENCE

Stretchable surfaces with programmable 3D texture morphing for synthetic camouflaging skins

(2017) J. H. Pikul et al.   SCIENCE

Hydraulic hydrogel actuators and robots optically and sonically camouflaged in water

(2017) Hyunwoo Yuk et al.   Nature Communications

Stretchable and conductive polymer films for high-performance electromagnetic interference shielding

(2016) Pengcheng Li et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Highly Stretchable and Self-Deformable Alternating Current Electroluminescent Devices

(2015) Jiangxin Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Floating compression of Ag nanowire networks for effective strain release of stretchable transparent electrodes

(2015) Jun Beom Pyo et al.   Nanoscale

Assembly of micro/nanomaterials into complex, three-dimensional architectures by compressive buckling

(2015) S. Xu et al.   SCIENCE

The role of random nanostructures for the omnidirectional anti-reflection properties of the glasswing butterfly

(2015) Radwanul Hasan Siddique et al.   Nature Communications

A Finite Element Method for Inhomogeneous Deformation of Viscoelastic Dielectric Elastomers

(2015) Choon Chiang Foo et al.   International Journal of Applied Mechanics

Plasticization of PEDOT:PSS by Common Additives for Mechanically Robust Organic Solar Cells and Wearable Sensors

(2014) Suchol Savagatrup et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Model and design of dielectric elastomer minimum energy structures

(2014) Samuel Rosset et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

A Resilient, Untethered Soft Robot

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

Hide and Seek in the Open Sea: Pelagic Camouflage and Visual Countermeasures

(2013) Sönke Johnsen   Annual Review of Marine Science

Multifunctionality and control of the crumpling and unfolding of large-area graphene

(2013) Jianfeng Zang et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Stretchable, Transparent, Ionic Conductors

(2013) C. Keplinger et al.   SCIENCE

Compliant Silver Nanowire-Polymer Composite Electrodes for Bistable Large Strain Actuation

(2012) Sungryul Yun et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Camouflage and Display for Soft Machines

(2012) S. A. Morin et al.   SCIENCE

Mechanisms of large actuation strain in dielectric elastomers

(2011) Soo Jin Adrian Koh et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS

Very thin transparent, conductive carbon nanotube films on flexible substrates

(2010) Vittorio Scardaci et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Stretching Dielectric Elastomer Performance

(2010) F. Carpi et al.   SCIENCE

Highly stretchable, conductive, and transparent nanotube thin films

(2009) Liangbing Hu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Metal Ion Implantation for the Fabrication of Stretchable Electrodes on Elastomers

(2008) Samuel Rosset et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Fault-Tolerant Dielectric Elastomer Actuators using Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Electrodes

(2008) W. Yuan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS