Somatosensory, Light‐Driven, Thin‐Film Robots Capable of Integrated Perception and Motility

Multifunctional Skin-Inspired Flexible Sensor Systems for Wearable Electronics

(2019) Kaichen Xu et al.   Advanced Materials Technologies

Multifunctional metallic backbones for origami robotics with strain sensing and wireless communication capabilities

(2019) Haitao Yang et al.   Science Robotics

Untethered soft robotic matter with passive control of shape morphing and propulsion

(2019) Arda Kotikian et al.   Science Robotics

Kirigami‐Based Light‐Induced Shape‐Morphing and Locomotion

(2019) Yu‐Chieh Cheng et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Biomimetic Conductive Tendril for Ultrastretchable and Integratable Electronics, Muscles, and Sensors

(2018) Yin Cheng et al.   ACS Nano

Soft Ultrathin Electronics Innervated Adaptive Fully Soft Robots

(2018) Chengjun Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Soft Somatosensitive Actuators via Embedded 3D Printing

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

Molecular-channel driven actuator with considerations for multiple configurations and color switching

(2018) Jiuke Mu et al.   Nature Communications

Self-Sensing Paper Actuators Based on Graphite-Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Films

(2018) Morteza Amjadi et al.   Advanced Science

The soft touch of robots

(2018)   Nature Reviews Materials

Small-scale soft-bodied robot with multimodal locomotion

(2018) Wenqi Hu et al.   NATURE

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

(2018) Xiao-Qiao Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Mechanically active materials in three-dimensional mesostructures

(2018) Xin Ning et al.   Science Advances

Graphene-Based Actuator with Integrated-Sensing Function

(2018) Luzhuo Chen et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A light-driven artificial flytrap

(2017) Owies M. Wani et al.   Nature Communications

Fast-moving soft electronic fish

(2017) Tiefeng Li et al.   Science Advances

One Single Graphene Oxide Film for Responsive Actuation

(2016) Huhu Cheng et al.   ACS Nano

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

Graphene oxide-based efficient and scalable solar desalination under one sun with a confined 2D water path

(2016) Xiuqiang Li et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Highly stretchable electroluminescent skin for optical signaling and tactile sensing

(2016) C. Larson et al.   SCIENCE

Miniaturized Flexible Electronic Systems with Wireless Power and Near-Field Communication Capabilities

(2015) Jeonghyun Kim et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Design, fabrication and control of soft robots

(2015) Daniela Rus et al.   NATURE

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

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

Materials that couple sensing, actuation, computation, and communication

(2015) M. A. McEvoy et al.   SCIENCE

Jumping on water: Surface tension-dominated jumping of water striders and robotic insects

(2015) J.-S. Koh et al.   SCIENCE

Origami-inspired active graphene-based paper for programmable instant self-folding walking devices

(2015) J. Mu et al.   Science Advances

Pyroelectric materials and devices for energy harvesting applications

(2014) C. R. Bowen et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Highly Stretchable Piezoelectric-Pyroelectric Hybrid Nanogenerator

(2013) Ju-Hyuck Lee et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

SWCNT/Graphite Nanoplatelet Hybrid Thin Films for Self-Temperature-Compensated, Highly Sensitive, and Extensible Piezoresistive Sensors

(2013) Sida Luo et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

25th Anniversary Article: A Soft Future: From Robots and Sensor Skin to Energy Harvesters

(2013) Siegfried Bauer et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Pyroelectric Nanogenerators for Harvesting Thermoelectric Energy

(2012) Ya Yang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Flexible active-matrix cells with selectively poled bifunctional polymer-ceramic nanocomposite for pressure and temperature sensing skin

(2009) Ingrid Graz et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Biomaterial systems for mechanosensing and actuation

(2009) Peter Fratzl et al.   NATURE