Soft phototactic swimmer based on self-sustained hydrogel oscillator

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In-built thermo-mechanical cooperative feedback mechanism for self-propelled multimodal locomotion and electricity generation

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The mechanics of hydrogel crawlers in confined environment

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Making waves in a photoactive polymer film

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Photoresponsive Fiber Array: Toward Mimicking the Collective Motion of Cilia for Transport Applications

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

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A chaotic self-oscillating sunlight-driven polymer actuator

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A decision underlies phototaxis in an insect

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Optical Pendulum Generator Based on Photomechanical Liquid-Crystalline Actuators

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Science, technology and the future of small autonomous drones

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Thermoresponsive actuation enabled by permittivity switching in an electrostatically anisotropic hydrogel

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Tunable LCST behavior of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide/ionic liquid) copolymers

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

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Swimming by reciprocal motion at low Reynolds number

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A self-propelled biohybrid swimmer at low Reynolds number

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Evolution of self-oscillating polymer gels as autonomous polymer systems

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Synthetic homeostatic materials with chemo-mechano-chemical self-regulation

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Photodriven, Flexural-Torsional Oscillation of Glassy Azobenzene Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks

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Liquid crystalline polymer cantilever oscillators fueled by light

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State-of-the-Art in Force and Tactile Sensing for Minimally Invasive Surgery

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Mechanism of phototaxis in marine zooplankton

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A high frequency photodriven polymer oscillator

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