Miniature Pneumatic Actuators for Soft Robots by High‐Resolution Multimaterial 3D Printing

Fast-Response, Stiffness-Tunable Soft Actuator by Hybrid Multimaterial 3D Printing

(2019) Yuan-Fang Zhang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Integrated Soft Ionotronic Skin with Stretchable and Transparent Hydrogel–Elastomer Ionic Sensors for Hand-Motion Monitoring

(2019) Guoying Gu et al.   Soft Robotics

Soft Somatosensitive Actuators via Embedded 3D Printing

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

Desktop-Stereolithography 3D-Printing of a Poly(dimethylsiloxane)-Based Material with Sylgard-184 Properties

(2018) Nirveek Bhattacharjee et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Controllable helical deformations on printed anisotropic composite soft actuators

(2018) Dong Wang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Nanofiber-reinforced soft fluidic micro-actuators

(2018) N R Sinatra et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING

A digital light processing 3D printer for fast and high-precision fabrication of soft pneumatic actuators

(2018) Lisen Ge et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

Programmable design of soft pneu-net actuators with oblique chambers can generate coupled bending and twisting motions

(2018) Tianyu Wang et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

A Monolithic Force-Sensitive 3D Microgripper Fabricated on the Tip of an Optical Fiber Using 2-Photon Polymerization

(2018) Maura Power et al.   Small

3D printing of robotic soft actuators with programmable bioinspired architectures

(2018) Manuel Schaffner et al.   Nature Communications

Miniature soft robots — road to the clinic

(2018) Metin Sitti   Nature Reviews Materials

Investigation of Magnetotaxis of Reconfigurable Micro-Origami Swimmers with Competitive and Cooperative Anisotropy

(2018) Hen-Wei Huang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

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

(2018) Tommaso Ranzani et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

High-Efficiency High-Resolution Multimaterial Fabrication for Digital Light Processing-Based Three-Dimensional Printing

(2018) Kavin Kowsari et al.   3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing

Universal Soft Robotic Microgripper

(2018) Haiyan Jia et al.   Small

Custom 3D printer and resin for 18 μm × 20 μm microfluidic flow channels

(2017) Hua Gong et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

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

An Additive Millimeter-Scale Fabrication Method for Soft Biocompatible Actuators and Sensors

(2017) Sheila Russo et al.   Advanced Materials Technologies

Soft Actuators for Small-Scale Robotics

(2016) Lindsey Hines et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

(2016) Michael Wehner et al.   NATURE

Biomimetic 4D printing

(2016) A. Sydney Gladman et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Buckling Pneumatic Linear Actuators Inspired by Muscle

(2016) Dian Yang et al.   Advanced Materials Technologies

Multimaterial 4D Printing with Tailorable Shape Memory Polymers

(2016) Qi Ge et al.   Scientific Reports

Buckling of Elastomeric Beams Enables Actuation of Soft Machines

(2015) Dian Yang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

3D printed microfluidic devices with integrated valves

(2015) Chad I. Rogers et al.   Biomicrofluidics

Design, fabrication and control of soft robots

(2015) Daniela Rus et al.   NATURE

Continuous liquid interface production of 3D objects

(2015) J. R. Tumbleston et al.   SCIENCE

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

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

Pneumatic microfinger with balloon fins for linear motion using 3D printed molds

(2015) Yongha Hwang et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

Microrobotic tentacles with spiral bending capability based on shape-engineered elastomeric microtubes

(2015) Jungwook Paek et al.   Scientific Reports

Pneumatic Networks for Soft Robotics that Actuate Rapidly

(2014) Bobak Mosadegh et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Flexible pneumatic twisting actuators and their application to tilting micromirrors

(2014) Benjamin Gorissen et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

A Resilient, Untethered Soft Robot

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

Modeling and bonding-free fabrication of flexible fluidic microactuators with a bending motion

(2013) Benjamin Gorissen et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING

Digital material fabrication using mask‐image‐projection‐based stereolithography

(2013) Chi Zhou et al.   RAPID PROTOTYPING JOURNAL

Miniature Pneumatic Curling Rubber Actuator Generating Bidirectional Motion with One Air-Supply Tube

(2011) Shuichi Wakimoto et al.   ADVANCED ROBOTICS

Multigait soft robot

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

Theoretical and experimental analysis of pneumatic balloon microactuators

(2011) Benjamin Gorissen et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

Fabrication and control of miniature McKibben actuators

(2011) M. De Volder et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

Bending fluidic actuator for smart structures

(2011) Benjamin Che-Ming Chang et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Additive manufacturing based on optimized mask video projection for improved accuracy and resolution

(2011) Chi Zhou et al.   Journal of Manufacturing Processes

Multi-material stereolithography

(2010) Jae-Won Choi et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY

Pneumatic and hydraulic microactuators: a review

(2010) Michaël De Volder et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING